Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package elfutils  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ELFUTILS-10075555
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

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