NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package upx  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-UPX-10078448
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed6 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.94 mishandles ELF headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by an Invalid Pointer Read in PackLinuxElf64::unpack().