CVE-2019-9072
published 2019-02-24CVE-2019-9072: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory…
PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.16%
64.9th percentile
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_1.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_1.0_x64 | — | — |
| msrc | cm1_binutils_2.32-4_on_cbl_mariner_1.0 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
vendor_redhat·2019-02-19·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: binutils (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
vendor_msrc·2019-02-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CWE-770 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to ref
GHSA
GHSA-f96p-jhrp-872g: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CWE-770 GHSA-f96p-jhrp-872g: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
OSV
CVE-2019-9072: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
osv·2019-02-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-9072: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
bugzilla·2019-02-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.
Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24232
Discussion:
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1680661]
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This does not appear to be an actual issue. Yes, ASAN warns that the allocation fails, but the binutils tool handles that case correctly.
Here's a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 valgrind run for grins:
```
==27914== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==27914== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==27914== Using Valgrind-3.14.0 a
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-02-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-9072 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multipl
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89396https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24232https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24237https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12541829https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89396https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24232https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24237https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12541829
2019-02-24
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