Medium severity · published Jan 29, 2019
CVE-2019-7149
A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175
6.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% 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 · source: NVD
EL
Elfutils · Elfutils Project
0.175 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7149
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7149
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102
Mailing List
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
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