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CVE-2019-9073
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.1%
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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 attempted excessive memory allocation in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24233 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37121474 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4336-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-202107-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
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