CVE-2019-14250

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-14250
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-24 04:15:12 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:12 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

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: 0.023170000 probability, percentile 0.829510000 (date 2026-10-10)

Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV: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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.32 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ren Kimura - [PATCH] libiberty: Check zero value shstrndx in simple-object-elf.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gcc.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1804-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2365-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GNU Binutils 'libiberty' CVE-2019-14250 Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1790-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
August 2019 GNU Binutils Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Broken Link
90924 – lto-plugin/lto-plugin.c heap memory corruption due to insufficient sanitization. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gcc.gnu.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2364-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0716-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377579 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for binutils (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0120)
  • 751313 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1)
  • 752219 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gcc48 (SUSE-SU-2022:2015-1)
  • 755898 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gcc7 (SUSE-SU-2023:3662-1)
  • 900199 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for binutils 2.32
  • 903694 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (1901)

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