DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16403
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403
Upstream
Published
2018-09-03T19:29:00.620Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:11:58.330365Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarfgetabbrev in dwarfgetabbrev.c and dwarfhasattr in dwarfhasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403.json"

Debian:12 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403.json"

Debian:13 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403.json"

Debian:14 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403.json"