Security advisory

{
  "id": "ea9a85e901d2ad6188248ffdb6473627aca59f16f9313c92098979eda0249297",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-7149",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-7149",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-7149",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-7149",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-7149"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "4ea9a2db164caadf836a65d5cdffb09a2d5a37ce"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4ea9a2db164caadf836a65d5cdffb09a2d5a37ce"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.175:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.175"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.175"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.175",
            "elfutils-0.175"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7149.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.938058710Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html",
        "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102",
        "https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-7149",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436002,
  "published_at": "2019-01-29T00:29:00.393+00:00"
}