Out-of-Bounds Affecting elfutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.7% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ELFUTILS-10075549
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for elfutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The handle_gnu_hash function in readelf.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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1