CVE-2019-7149: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Elfutils Project Elfutils: version 0.175 only

Published 2019-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.