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CVE-2019-9072

binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

0

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 19, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption