CVE-2018-19931
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.
How to fix CVE-2018-19931
To remediate CVE-2018-19931, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.32-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-19931 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.32-r0
- from 0, < 2.32.51.20190707-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |