CVE-2018-16062

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    CVE-2018-16062

    Published: 29 Aug 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -52b6b2f1f49e7385527e9f311f248092be0c0b61

    Affected versions

    elfutils-0.173

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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