CVE-2019-17450 Information

Description

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-20191024-0002/ https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078 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

6.5