CVE-2024-2002
Libdwarf: crashes randomly on fuzzed object
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A double-free vulnerability was found in libdwarf. In a multiply-corrupted DWARF object, libdwarf may try to dealloc(free) an allocation twice, potentially causing unpredictable and various results.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
libdwarf
- affected 0.1.0
- unaffected 0.9.2
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2267700 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/blob/main/bugxml/data.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZGPVLSPIXR32J6FOAFTTIMYTUUXJICGW/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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