CVE-2019-12972
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
How to fix CVE-2019-12972
To remediate CVE-2019-12972, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-12972 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.32.51.20190707-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |