CVE-2019-9074 Memory corruption in n/a
An out-of-bounds read in the BFD library causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service when processing malicious PE files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-9074?
CVE-2019-9074 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Feb 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
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an out-of-bounds read leading to a SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c, when called from pex64_get_runtime_function in pei-x86_64.c.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9074?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Binutils, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9074?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-9074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9074, GHSA-cf6f-gv74-vg73, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9074.