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Vulnerability details: VCID-7u2b-ndas-rffh
Vulnerability ID VCID-7u2b-ndas-rffh
Aliases CVE-2019-12972
Summary An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-12972.json
epss 0.00131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00171 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00171 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00171 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00171 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00171 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
cvssv2 4.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-12972.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12972
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12972
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24689
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=890f750a3b053532a4b839a2dd6243076de12031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108903
1831873 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831873
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-12972 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972
USN-4336-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-12972.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.33353
EPSS Score 0.00131
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:42.776577+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ 37.0.0