CVE-2018-16062 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Elfutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read11 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Elfutils Project ElfutilsCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateAug 30

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶Debianelfutils_project/elfutils< 0.175-1+3
▶Ubuntuelfutils_project/elfutils< 0.176-1.1ubuntu0.1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2023-08-30
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GHSA
GHSA-2qwj-j885-gv4x: dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-16062: dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges↗2018-08-29
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16062: dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges↗2018-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2023-08-30
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Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2019-06-10
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Red Hat
elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:dwarf_getaranges() via crafted file↗2018-08-17
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Debian
CVE-2018-16062: elfutils - dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 al...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16062 elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:dwarf_getaranges() via crafted file↗2018-08-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16062 elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:dwarf_getaranges() via crafted file [fedora-all]↗2018-08-30
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CVE-2018-16062 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Elfutils | cvebase