CVE-2018-16062

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-16062 · Published 29/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-16062 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting elfutils (elfutils project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.174 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
elfutils elfutils_project	`< 0.174`	`0.174`

Description

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

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html · Mailing List
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 · Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html · Mailing List
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
sourceware.org/git
usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

elfutils

elfutils_project

< 0.174

0.174

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