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CVE-2019-9074

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9074 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GNU Binutils libbfd library, specifically affecting Canonical, GNU, and NetApp products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to trigger a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17006-16820Fixed in: 2.32-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 binutils 2.32-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 2.32-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 2.32-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 2.32-4
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2020-Aug/CVE-2019-9074

CVE-2019-9074

Aug 11, 2020
redhatCVE-2019-9074Moderate

binutils: out-of-bound read in function bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c

Feb 19, 2019
microsoft2019-Feb/CVE-2019-9074Moderate

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an out-of-bounds read leading to a SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c when called from pex64_get_runtime_function in pei-x86_64.c.

Feb 12, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-24
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190314-0003
PatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
support.f5.com / csp/article/K09092524
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4336-1
Third Party Advisory