CVE-2019-17450 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-10-10 17:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-24 06:15:00

Affected Software

GNU Binutils 2.32

2.32

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

USN-4336-1

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