Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils-debuginfod-client package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.63% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ELFUTILSDEBUGINFODCLIENT-12443586
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed17 Aug 2018

Introduced: 17 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-16062  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 elfutils-debuginfod-client.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-debuginfod-client package and not the elfutils-debuginfod-client package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1