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CVE-2019-11476: Integer overflow in whoopsie results in out-of-bounds heap write
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2019-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-190
Description
An integer overflow in whoopsie before versions 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1, 0.2.62ubuntu0.1, 0.2.64ubuntu0.1, 0.2.66, results in an out-of-bounds write to a heap allocated buffer when processing large crash dumps. This results in a crash or possible code-execution in the context of the whoopsie process.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/whoopsie/%2Bbug/1830863
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4052-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/whoopsie/%2Bbug/1830863
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4052-1/
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