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Vulnerability details: VCID-axfy-h8p2-rkc1
Vulnerability ID VCID-axfy-h8p2-rkc1
Aliases CVE-2018-19931
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-19931.json
epss 0.00415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
epss 0.00423 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
cvssv3 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-832
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-19931.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-19931
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19931
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144
1658947 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1658947
ASA-201906-3 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201906-3
AVG-832 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-832
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:clustered_data_ontap:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:clustered_data_ontap:*:*
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:*:*:*
CVE-2018-19931 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
USN-4336-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-19931.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

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
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

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60893
EPSS Score 0.00415
Published At Sept. 23, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:42.646460+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ 37.0.0