CVE-2019-14444 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0002/ https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24829 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5