CVE-2018-16062

MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.09%

elfutils - security update

Published: 8/29/2018Modified: 12/3/2025

Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-16062DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16062DLA-2802-1

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.

Affected packages (3)

Alpine/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.174-r0
Debian/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.175-1
Debian/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.168-1+deb9u1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16062
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16062