---
id: CVE-2019-14250
title: 'An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32'
summary: >-
  An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32.
  simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero
  shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer
  overflow.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-190
  - CWE-787
vendor: gnu
product: binutils
affected:
  - binutils = 2.32
  - ubuntu_linux = 16.04
  - ubuntu_linux = 18.04
  - leap = 15.0
  - leap = 15.1
  - leap = 15.2
published: '2019-07-24'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T21:17:12.317'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14250'
references:
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00056.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00057.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00058.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109354'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90924'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0002/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00056.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00057.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00058.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109354'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90924'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0002/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.02317
epssPercentile: 0.82904
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T22:11:53.698Z'
---

## Overview

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.32`
- `ubuntu_linux = 16.04`
- `ubuntu_linux = 18.04`
- `leap = 15.0`
- `leap = 15.1`
- `leap = 15.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.