CVE-2019-14250 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Binutils, Opensuse Leap).
2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 2.31%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
• Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• CVSS changed · 5.5
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2019
• CVE published
  Jul 24, 2019 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

12 on the record

• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00058.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00057.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00056.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html
  Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/109354
  Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0002/
  Broken Link, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
  Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Low CVE-2026-91782 GNU Binutils Dynamic Relocation Allocation elfxx-x86.c elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs null pointer dereference Sep 15, 2026
• Low CVE-2026-91781 GNU Binutils ELF Section elf64-x86-64.c elf_x86_64_common_section_index null pointer dereference Sep 15, 2026
• Low CVE-2026-91780 GNU Binutils elflink.c elf_link_add_object_symbols null pointer dereference Sep 15, 2026
• Low CVE-2026-91779 GNU Binutils Eh Frame elf-eh-frame.c _bfd_elf_eh_frame_section_offset null pointer dereference Sep 15, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-90830 GNU Binutils Section Merge merge.c _bfd_write_merged_section null pointer dereference Sep 14, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-90829 GNU Binutils SHT_GROUP Section elf.c bfd_elf_set_group_contents null pointer dereference Sep 14, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-14250 is "Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Canonical Ubuntu Linux", rated Medium. It affects Ubuntu Linux (Canonical); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 2.31% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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