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CVE-2019-17451
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.4%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
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Affected products
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References (7)
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=336bfbeb1848f4b9558456fdcf283ee8a32d7fd1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4336-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-202007-39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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