CVE-2019-14444 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound11 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GNU BinutilsCanonical Ubuntu LinuxOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateMay 24

Description

apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190813-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.32
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-26jq-64rf-5824: apply_relocations in readelf↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-14444: apply_relocations in readelf↗2019-07-30
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CVEList
CVE-2019-14444: apply_relocations in readelf↗2019-07-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Red Hat
binutils: integer overflow in function apply_relocation in readelf.c↗2019-07-25
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Microsoft
apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF ↗2019-07-09
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Debian
CVE-2019-14444: binutils - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-14444 binutils: integer overflow in function apply_relocation in readelf.c [fedora-all]↗2019-08-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-14444 binutils: integer overflow in function apply_relocation in readelf.c↗2019-08-13
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