Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (45th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-BINUTILS-456335
- published 30 Jul 2019
- disclosed 30 Jul 2019
Introduced: 30 Jul 2019
CVE-2019-14444 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 binutils.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-14444
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14444
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24829
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/