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FKIE_CVE-2018-16062

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-29 03:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:43
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elfutils_project elfutils *
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
opensuse leap 15.0
opensuse leap 15.1
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
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