CVE-2018-18310 (NVD)

2018-10-15

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes.

Products Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux, Elfutils, Leap, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_workstation
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23752
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
• https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00022.html