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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-1010204 json

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-…

published 2019-07-23 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-1947

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.38.50.20220627-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1010204

  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1010204

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  • binutils RHEL 8 2.30-73.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1797

  • binutils SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 2.39-9.50.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.39-9.50.1
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.39-9.50.1
  • binutils SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS +20 more 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-rx-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-arm-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-avr-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4277-1SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.39-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12256-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-1010204 updated cvss 4.7

binutils: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read in gold/fileread.cc and elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h leads to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 binutils
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) binutils-devel 2.30-73.el8, binutils-debuginfo 2.30-73.el8, binutils-debugsource 2.30-73.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) binutils 2.30-73.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1797
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • GNU binutils gold

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

References

Sources

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