# CVE-2019-1010204: GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- GNU binutils gold: gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1)

## Description

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GNU binutils gold, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23765
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05032915?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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