CVE-2019-9071

Exp

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.

Published: 2019-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-9071 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-9071

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-9071

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-23 1.74% 1.81% +0.07%
2 2026-06-15 0.16% 1.74% +1.58%
3 2026-01-23 0.16%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-9071

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-9071

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-9071

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-9071: 1 source package rows (binutils); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-9071
debian unimportant CVE-2019-9071 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9071
gentoo normal CVE-2019-9071: 1 GLSA(s) (202107-24), 1 atom(s) (sys-devel/binutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-9071
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9071
ubuntu low CVE-2019-9071 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (binutils, libiberty), 38 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 26, ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 2, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9071

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-9071

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_management_node cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-9071

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107147 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89394 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24227 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02884135 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ Third Party Advisory
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