CVE-2018-16062

MEDIUM

Elfutils < 0.174 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
elfutils_project/elfutils < 0.174
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 1 more
Published Aug 29, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026