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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-14250 json

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32.

published 2019-07-24 7 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2019-5490

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An 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.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.33-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14250

  • binutils Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
  • libiberty Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160215-1ubuntu0.3
  • libiberty Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20170913-1ubuntu0.1
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14250

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  • gcc7 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Module for Toolchain 12 7.5.0+r278197-13.1
  • cross-nvptx-gcc7 SLE Module for Toolchain 12 7.5.0+r278197-13.1
  • gcc48 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.8.5-31.26.1
  • libffi48 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.8.5-31.26.1
  • libgcj48 SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.8.5-31.26.1
  • binutils SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 2.37-9.39.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.37-9.39.1
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.37-9.39.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3662-1SUSE-SU-2022:2015-1SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1SUSE-SU-2020:3552-1SUSE-SU-2020:3060-1SUSE-SU-2020:0394-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.37-1.3
  • gcc7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.5.0+r278197-10.1
  • binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1
  • cross-rx-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1
  • cross-arm-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1
  • cross-avr-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1
  • cross-spu-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.35-lp152.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10703-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1804-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1790-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0716-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2365-1

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-2019-14250 updated cvss 3.3

binutils: integer overflow in simple-object-elf.c leads to a heap-based buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cpp, gcc, libgo, gcc-go, libgcc, libitm, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 cpp, gcc, libgcc, libitm, gcc-c++, libasan, +14 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gcc.gnu.org https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90924 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gcc.gnu.org https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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