CVE-2018-16062: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Elfutils Project Elfutils: before 0.174 (fixed in 0.174)
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 15.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-08-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.