CVE-2019-9074

Name: CVE-2019-9074
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2019-02-24T00:29:00.457+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 1.57%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-9074 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

1.57%

72.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.32
Netapp	Hci Management Node	All versions
Netapp	Solidfire	All versions
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24235Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K09092524Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24235Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K09092524Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 24, 2019
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-9074?

How severe is CVE-2019-9074?

CVE-2019-9074 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9074?

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Source: NVD / NIST