Bug 2276140 (CVE-2024-31745)

Summary:	CVE-2024-31745 libdwarf: use after free in dw_empty_errlist_item in dwarf_alloc.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2276141
Bug Blocks:	2276137

Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-19 19:48:02 UTC

Libdwarf v0.9.1 was discovered to contain a heap use-after-free via the dw_empty_errlist_item function at /libdwarf/dwarf_alloc.c.

https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/commit/404e6b1b14f60c81388d50b4239f81d461b3c3ad
https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/issues/238

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-19 19:49:00 UTC

Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2276141]