CVE-2019-9072

Exp

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 setup_group in elf.c.

Published: 2019-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-9072 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2019-9072

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-2019-9072

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 2026-06-15 0.15% 1.16% +1.01%
2 2026-01-30 0.28% 0.15% -0.12%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-9072

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-2019-9072

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-9072

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-9072: 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-2019-9072
gentoo normal CVE-2019-9072: 1 GLSA(s) (202107-24), 1 atom(s) (sys-devel/binutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-9072
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9072
ubuntu low CVE-2019-9072 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (binutils), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9072

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-9072

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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-9072

URL Tags
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89396 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=24232 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24237 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12541829 Third Party Advisory
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