Medium severity · published Aug 29, 2018
CVE-2018-16062
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
5.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Elfutils · Elfutils Project
before 0.174 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16062
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
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