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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2018-16062
Elfutils Dwarf_getaranges Buffer Overread
Description

dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 29, 2018, 3:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16062 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Elfutils_project elfutils
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 7
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This addresses a buffer overread vulnerability in elfutils packages by updating them.
  • Update the affected elfutils or Linux packages.
  • For SUSE, use YaST or zypper to apply patches.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-16062 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-16062.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16062 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16062 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16062 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16062 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-119 CWE-125
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23541 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=29e31978ba51c1051743a503ee325b5ebc03d7e9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.174
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} -0.00%

score

0.26992

percentile