CVE-2018-19932
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.
How to fix CVE-2018-19932
To remediate CVE-2018-19932, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.32-r0 or later
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-19932 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 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |