CVE-2019-9071 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Binutils

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption12 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU BinutilsCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.

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 Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.32

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Patches

Patch: security.netapp.com ↗Patch: security.netapp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7vjv-fcf5-rx4h: An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2019-9071: An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2019-02-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-9071: An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2↗2019-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Ubuntu
libiberty vulnerabilities↗2020-04-08
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Red Hat
binutils: stack consumption in function d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c↗2019-02-18
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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.↗2019-02-12
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9071 binutils: stack consumption in function d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c [fedora-all]↗2019-02-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9071 binutils: stack consumption in function d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c↗2019-02-25
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