CVE-2019-14444 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2019-14444?

CVE-2019-14444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14444?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Binutils, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14444?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-14444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14444, GHSA-26jq-64rf-5824, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14444.