CVE-2019-9072 is an attempted excessive memory allocation vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (libbfd) within GNU Binutils 2.32, also affecting NetApp products that incorporate Binutils. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to trigger a denial of service (A:H) due to resource exhaustion. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVE-2019-9072
Aug 11, 2020binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c
Feb 19, 2019An 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 setup_group in elf.c.
Feb 12, 2019