cve/2019/CVE-2019-11476.md

### [CVE-2019-11476](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11476)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/whoopsie/%2Bbug/1830863

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.