nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3b Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3b Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.1 · freedesktop, debian, canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-14 08:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3b Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3b Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html