Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package upx  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
2.42% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-UPX-10078450
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed18 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2018-11243  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.