VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-7149
A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.21%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- elfutils project/elfutils · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.