vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-16062

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 29, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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