# CVE-2018-19932: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.

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## References

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

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