binutils: integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c
Published Oct 10, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.40%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
binutils-0:2.30-73.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1797
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
binutils-0:2.30-73.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1797
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
binutils
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
binutils
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
binutils
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
gcc-toolset-9-binutils
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | binutils-0:2.30-73.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1797 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | binutils-0:2.30-73.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1797 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | binutils | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gcc-toolset-9-binutils | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02396) | 83.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 81.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 60.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00439) | 75.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 69.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 67.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00281) | 64.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00197) | 55.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.87% (0.08874) | 82.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 83.71th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 83.55th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 74.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17451 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1771668 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17451
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25070 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=336bfbeb1848f4b9558456fdcf283ee8a32d7fd1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17451
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