CVE-2018-16062

medium

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-08-29

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H