CVE-2019-17450

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

3%p85

Published

Oct 10, 2019 (Oct 10, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Vendors: gnu opensuse canonical
Products: binutils, leap, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-674
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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