5.5

CVE-2019-9073: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9073DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9073
Published 24-02-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9073 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2019-0169USN-4336-1USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 24-02-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.10% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netapp2 products
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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