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CVE-2018-16403
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-09-03T19:29:00.620 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:44:13.657

Summary

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

Affected products

elfutils_project — elfutils

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References

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