CVE-2024-2002
Publication date 18 March 2024
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dwarfutils | ||
| 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored changes too intrusive | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored changes too intrusive | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html#DW202402-002
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2002
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267700
- https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/blob/main/bugxml/data.txt
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2002
- https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/commit/404e6b1b14f60c81388d50b4239f81d461b3c3ad