Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in libdw in elfutils 0.175

CVE-2019-7149 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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