CVE-2018-16403

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    CVE-2018-16403

    Published: 3 Sept 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html, https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6983e59b727458a6c64d9659c85f08218bc4fcda, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23529

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- aa36de0335e3ce12898954985a208f6336731289
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.173

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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