CVE-2018-19931

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

2%p74

Published

Dec 7, 2018 (Dec 7, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.

Vendors: gnu netapp canonical
Products: binutils, vasa provider, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.6%)

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