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CVE-2019-7149
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2019-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-125
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.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 8.0
- GNU elfutils: 0.175
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.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
- 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.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
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