Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package elfutils  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
1.75% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ELFUTILS-10075547
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The check_sysv_hash function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.