UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14249

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14249
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14249.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14249
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:45:13Z
Published
2019-07-24T04:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:53:07.309864Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

dwarfelfloadheaders.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (division by zero) via an ELF file with a zero-size section group (SHTGROUP), as demonstrated by dwarfdump.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20210528-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20210528-1

Affected versions

Other

20201201-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf-dev",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20210528-1build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20210528-1build2

Affected versions

Other

20210528-1
20210528-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf-dev",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20210528-1build2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20210528-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf-dev",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20210528-1build2"
        }
    ]
}