Description
A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
elfutils_project/elfutils
0.175
Published
Jan 29, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026