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CVE-2018-16062

Date: August 28, 2018

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16062

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16062

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16062

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16062

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16062

Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16062

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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