TI-2018-14122 Aliases CVE-2018-19932 GHSA-j9qc-g9xg-h63p

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as…

LOW 29CWE-190Published 2018-12-07 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01993 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils::::::::	up to 2.31	Vulnerable	GNU
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider::::::::	7.2	Vulnerable	NetApp
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:cluster_data_ontap:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	NetApp

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.31 Vulnerable ·GNU
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2 Vulnerable ·NetApp
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:cluster_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·NetApp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-19932
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j9qc-g9xg-h63p

References

Exploit 1

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932

Patch 1

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/

Advisory 4

Other 1

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7

Sources

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