CVE-2019-12972

Summary

CVE	CVE-2019-12972
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2019-06-26 14:15:10 UTC
Updated	2026-10-08 22:16:49 UTC
Description	An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.018020000 probability, percentile 0.778980000 (date 2026-10-10)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.1	[email protected]	Primary	5.5	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	4.3		`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04	All	All	All
Application	Gnu	Binutils	2.32	All	All	All
Operating System	Opensuse	Leap	15.1	All	All	All
Operating System	Opensuse	Leap	15.2	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	sourceware.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1804-1: moderate: Security update f	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
24689 – string table corruption	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	sourceware.org	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu security notices	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	usn.ubuntu.com	Third Party Advisory
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-39) — Gentoo security	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	security.gentoo.org	Third Party Advisory
GNU Binutils CVE-2019-12972 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1790-1: moderate: Security update f	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit	MITRE	sourceware.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

751313 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1)
900199 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for binutils 2.32
903605 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (1906)