CVE-2019-9073
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
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 _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c.
How to fix CVE-2019-9073
To remediate CVE-2019-9073, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-9073 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, 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 |