CVE-2019-11476 — Integer overflow in whoopsie results in out-of-bounds heap write

Affected: Ubuntu Whoopsie

An integer overflow in whoopsie before versions 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1, 0.2.62ubuntu0.1, 0.2.64ubuntu0.1, 0.2.66, results in an out-of-bounds write to a heap allocated buffer when processing large crash dumps. This results in a crash or possible code-execution in the context of the whoopsie process.

USN-4052-1 — whoopsie vulnerability

Affected: Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: whoopsie, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: whoopsie

Kevin Backhouse discovered Whoopsie incorrectly handled very large crash reports. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information.

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CVE-2019-11476 — Integer overflow in whoopsie results in out-of-bounds heap write

USN-4052-1 — whoopsie vulnerability