CVE-2018-16403

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

ProductElfutils

PublishedSep 3, 2018

First seenSep 3, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
elfutils_project elfutils	0.173	—

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