CVE-2019-9077 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-9077?

CVE-2019-9077 is a high-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 GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9077?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller, Gnu Binutils, Netapp Element Software.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9077?

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-2019-9077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9077 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-2019-9077, GHSA-f85v-vf98-9ghh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9077.