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. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82nd percentile

Published

2019-01-29

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102

Security advisories

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
• https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry