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title: "CVE-2018-19932\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-19932

Publication date 7 December 2018

Last updated 18 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19932?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| binutils | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19932?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| binutils | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19932)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19932)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-19932)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19932)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4336-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4336-1)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 22 April 2020

+ [USN-4336-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4336-2)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 21 July 2021

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19932>