CVE-2019-7149 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-7149?

CVE-2019-7149 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7149?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Elfutils Project Elfutils.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7149?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-7149 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-7149, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7149, GHSA-p6pw-x9rh-9c3w, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7149.