Improper Input Validation Affecting elfutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.64% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ELFUTILS-10075542
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7609  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for elfutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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