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dtrace — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996

An unprivileged attacker can reliably trigger a crash of the dtrace process with a malicious ELF binary due to an integer Divide-by-Zero in Pbuild_file_symtab()

Products
dtrace
Affected versions
2.0.5-1, 2.0.6-1
Fixed versions
2.0.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2026-21996
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:47 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2026, 18:16 UTC

An unprivileged attacker can reliably trigger a crash of the dtrace process with a malicious ELF binary due to an integer Divide-by-Zero in Pbuild_file_symtab()

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996

dtrace

Fixed versions: 2.0.7-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "c53898728f70f7908f35469207273e3aca285719328c9e0ca01759695d010055",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996",
    "summary": "An unprivileged attacker can reliably trigger a crash of the dtrace process with a malicious ELF binary due to an integer Divide-by-Zero in Pbuild_file_symtab()",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dtrace",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.7-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.5-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.0.7-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dtrace",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dtrace?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.5-1",
            "2.0.6-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21996.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T09:47:40.818539672Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-21996"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-21996"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-21996",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 461188,
  "published_at": "2026-05-01T18:16:13.75+00:00"
}