CVE-2019-12972An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32.
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
gnu binutils gnu:binutils | 2.32 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1; 15.2 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | NVD |
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24689x-refsource-misc
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=890f750a3b053532a4b839a2dd6243076de12031x-refsource-misc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108903vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
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