CVE-2019-7146
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in...
CVE-2019-7146 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Elfutils Project Elfutils, published January 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in elfutils 0.176-r0.
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
CVE-2019-7146- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
CVE-2019-7146- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16696 No score
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16696- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mm92-xw3g-cmpp
5.5
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in...
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
GHSA-mm92-xw3g-cmpp- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-7146
5.5
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-7146- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-7146
5.5
CVE-2019-7146 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2019-7146- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSV
5.5
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
CVE-2019-7146- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-7146
5.5
In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7146- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:3575
3.3
Red Hat Security Advisory: elfutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Record
RHSA-2019:3575- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10733-1 No score
debuginfod-dummy-client-0.185-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the debuginfod-dummy-client-0.185-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10733-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:2614-1 No score
Security update for dwarves and elfutils
This update for dwarves and elfutils fixes the following issues:
elfutils was updated to version 0.177 (jsc#SLE-24501):
- elfclassify: New tool to analyze ELF objects.
- readelf: Print DW_AT_data_member_location as decimal offset. Decode DW_AT_discr_list block attributes.
- libdw: Add DW_AT_GNU_numerator, DW_AT_GNU_denominator and DW_AT_GNU_bias.
- libdwelf: Add dwelf_elf_e_machine_string. dwelf_elf_begin now only returns NULL when there is an error reading or decompressing a file. If the file is not an ELF file an ELF handle of type ELF_K_NONE is returned.
- backends: Add support for C-SKY.
Update to version 0.176:
- build: Add new --enable-install-elfh option. Do NOT use this for system installs (it overrides glibc elf.h).
- backends: riscv improved core file and return value location support.
- Fixes:
- CVE-2019-7146, CVE-2019-7148, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7664 - CVE-2019-7150: dwfl_segment_report_module doesn't check whether the dyn data read from core file is truncated (bsc#1123685)
- CVE-2019-7665: NT_PLATFORM core file note should be a zero terminated string (CVE is a bit misleading, as this is not a bug in libelf as described) (bsc#1125007)
Update to version 0.175:
- readelf: Handle mutliple .debug_macro sections. Recognize and parse GNU Property, NT_VERSION and GNU Build Attribute ELF Notes.
- strip: Handle SHT_GROUP correctly. Add strip --reloc-debug-sections-only option. Handle relocations against GNU compressed sections.
- libdwelf: New function dwelf_elf_begin.
- libcpu: Recognize bpf jump variants BPF_JLT, BPF_JLE, BPF_JSLT
and BPF_JSLE.
backends: RISCV handles ADD/SUB relocations.
Handle SHT_X86_64_UNWIND.
- CVE-2018-18521: arlib: Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() used by eu-ranlib (bsc#1112723)
- CVE-2018-18310: Invalid Address Read problem in dwfl_segment_report_module.c (bsc#1111973)
- CVE-2018-18520: eu-size: Bad handling of ar files inside are files (bsc#1112726)
Update to version 0.174:
-
libelf, libdw and all tools now handle extended shnum and shstrndx correctly.
-
elfcompress: Don't rewrite input file if no section data needs updating. Try harder to keep same file mode bits (suid) on rewrite.
-
strip: Handle mixed (out of order) allocated/non-allocated sections.
-
unstrip: Handle SHT_GROUP sections.
-
backends: RISCV and M68K now have backend implementations to generate CFI based backtraces.
-
Fixes:
- CVE-2018-16402: libelf: denial of service/double free on an attempt to decompress the same section twice (bsc#1107066) Double-free crash in nm and readelf
- CVE-2018-16403: heap buffer overflow in readelf (bsc#1107067)
- CVE-2018-16062: heap-buffer-overflow in /elfutils/libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:156 (bsc#1106390)
Update to version 0.173:
- More fixes for crashes and hangs found by afl-fuzz. In particular various functions now detect and break infinite loops caused by bad DIE tree cycles.
- readelf: Will now lookup the size and signedness of constant value types to display them correctly (and not just how they were encoded).
- libdw: New function dwarf_next_lines to read CU-less .debug_line data. dwarf_begin_elf now accepts ELF files containing just .debug_line or .debug_frame sections (which can be read without needing a DIE tree from the .debug_info section). Removed dwarf_getscn_info, which was never implemented.
- backends: Handle BPF simple relocations. The RISCV backends now handles ABI specific CFI and knows about RISCV register types and names.
Update to version 0.172:
- Various bug fixes in libdw and eu-readelf dealing with bad DWARF5 data. Thanks to running the afl fuzzer on eu-readelf and various testcases.
Update to version 0.171:
- DWARF5 and split dwarf,…
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SUSE-SU-2022:2614-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:2614-2 No score
Security update for dwarves and elfutils
This update for dwarves and elfutils fixes the following issues:
elfutils was updated to version 0.177 (jsc#SLE-24501):
- elfclassify: New tool to analyze ELF objects.
- readelf: Print DW_AT_data_member_location as decimal offset. Decode DW_AT_discr_list block attributes.
- libdw: Add DW_AT_GNU_numerator, DW_AT_GNU_denominator and DW_AT_GNU_bias.
- libdwelf: Add dwelf_elf_e_machine_string. dwelf_elf_begin now only returns NULL when there is an error reading or decompressing a file. If the file is not an ELF file an ELF handle of type ELF_K_NONE is returned.
- backends: Add support for C-SKY.
Update to version 0.176:
- build: Add new --enable-install-elfh option. Do NOT use this for system installs (it overrides glibc elf.h).
- backends: riscv improved core file and return value location support.
- Fixes:
- CVE-2019-7146, CVE-2019-7148, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7664 - CVE-2019-7150: dwfl_segment_report_module doesn't check whether the dyn data read from core file is truncated (bsc#1123685)
- CVE-2019-7665: NT_PLATFORM core file note should be a zero terminated string (CVE is a bit misleading, as this is not a bug in libelf as described) (bsc#1125007)
Update to version 0.175:
- readelf: Handle mutliple .debug_macro sections. Recognize and parse GNU Property, NT_VERSION and GNU Build Attribute ELF Notes.
- strip: Handle SHT_GROUP correctly. Add strip --reloc-debug-sections-only option. Handle relocations against GNU compressed sections.
- libdwelf: New function dwelf_elf_begin.
- libcpu: Recognize bpf jump variants BPF_JLT, BPF_JLE, BPF_JSLT
and BPF_JSLE.
backends: RISCV handles ADD/SUB relocations.
Handle SHT_X86_64_UNWIND.
- CVE-2018-18521: arlib: Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() used by eu-ranlib (bsc#1112723)
- CVE-2018-18310: Invalid Address Read problem in dwfl_segment_report_module.c (bsc#1111973)
- CVE-2018-18520: eu-size: Bad handling of ar files inside are files (bsc#1112726)
Update to version 0.174:
-
libelf, libdw and all tools now handle extended shnum and shstrndx correctly.
-
elfcompress: Don't rewrite input file if no section data needs updating. Try harder to keep same file mode bits (suid) on rewrite.
-
strip: Handle mixed (out of order) allocated/non-allocated sections.
-
unstrip: Handle SHT_GROUP sections.
-
backends: RISCV and M68K now have backend implementations to generate CFI based backtraces.
-
Fixes:
- CVE-2018-16402: libelf: denial of service/double free on an attempt to decompress the same section twice (bsc#1107066) Double-free crash in nm and readelf
- CVE-2018-16403: heap buffer overflow in readelf (bsc#1107067)
- CVE-2018-16062: heap-buffer-overflow in /elfutils/libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:156 (bsc#1106390)
Update to version 0.173:
- More fixes for crashes and hangs found by afl-fuzz. In particular various functions now detect and break infinite loops caused by bad DIE tree cycles.
- readelf: Will now lookup the size and signedness of constant value types to display them correctly (and not just how they were encoded).
- libdw: New function dwarf_next_lines to read CU-less .debug_line data. dwarf_begin_elf now accepts ELF files containing just .debug_line or .debug_frame sections (which can be read without needing a DIE tree from the .debug_info section). Removed dwarf_getscn_info, which was never implemented.
- backends: Handle BPF simple relocations. The RISCV backends now handles ABI specific CFI and knows about RISCV register types and names.
Update to version 0.172:
- Various bug fixes in libdw and eu-readelf dealing with bad DWARF5 data. Thanks to running the afl fuzzer on eu-readelf and various testcases.
Update to version 0.171:
- DWARF5 and split dwarf,…
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SUSE-SU-2022:2614-2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
elfutilsAlpine:v3.12 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.13 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.14 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.15 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.16 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.17 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.18 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.19 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.20 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.21 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
elfutilsAlpine:v3.22 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.23 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsAlpine:v3.24 |
before 0.176-r0 | 0.176-r0 |
elfutilsDebian:12 |
before 0.176-1 | 0.176-1 |
elfutilsDebian:13 |
before 0.176-1 | 0.176-1 |
elfutilsDebian:14 |
before 0.176-1 | 0.176-1 |
elfutilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-debugsourceRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-default-yama-scopeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libelfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libelf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libelf-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libs-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-debugsourceRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-devel-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libelf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libelf-devel-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
elfutils-libs-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
before 0:0.176-5.el8 | 0:0.176-5.el8 |
dwarvesSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 |
before 1.22-150300.7.3.1 | 1.22-150300.7.3.1 |
elfutilsSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 |
before 0.177-150300.11.3.1 | 0.177-150300.11.3.1 |
dwarvesSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 |
before 1.22-150300.7.3.1 | 1.22-150300.7.3.1 |
elfutilsSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 |
before 0.177-150300.11.3.1 | 0.177-150300.11.3.1 |
dwarvesSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 |
before 1.22-150300.7.3.1 | 1.22-150300.7.3.1 |
elfutilsSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 |
before 0.177-150300.11.3.1 | 0.177-150300.11.3.1 |
dwarvesopenSUSE:Leap 15.3 |
before 1.22-150300.7.3.1 | 1.22-150300.7.3.1 |
elfutilsopenSUSE:Leap 15.3 |
before 0.177-150300.11.3.1 | 0.177-150300.11.3.1 |
dwarvesopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.2 |
before 1.22-150300.7.3.1 | 1.22-150300.7.3.1 |
elfutilsopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.2 |
before 0.177-150300.11.3.1 | 0.177-150300.11.3.1 |
elfutilsopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.185-3.1 | 0.185-3.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24075
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24081
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7146
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm92-xw3g-cmpp
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-7146
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7146
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access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7146
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7146
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7149
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7149
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7149
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7150
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7150
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7150
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7664
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7664
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7664
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7665
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7665
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7665
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222614-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1033084
bugzilla.suse.com/1033085
bugzilla.suse.com/1033086
bugzilla.suse.com/1033087
bugzilla.suse.com/1033088
bugzilla.suse.com/1033089
bugzilla.suse.com/1033090
bugzilla.suse.com/1082318
bugzilla.suse.com/1104264
bugzilla.suse.com/1106390
bugzilla.suse.com/1107066
bugzilla.suse.com/1107067
bugzilla.suse.com/1111973
bugzilla.suse.com/1112723
bugzilla.suse.com/1112726
bugzilla.suse.com/1123685
bugzilla.suse.com/1125007
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7607
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7608
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7609
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7610
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7611
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7612
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7613
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16062
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16403
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18310
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18520
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18521
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7146
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7148
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7149
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7150
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7664
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7665
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222614-2
Left out here: the rest of 2 source descriptions. The JSON record has them.