Out-of-Bounds Affecting elfutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-ELFUTILS-8731396
  • published18 Feb 2025
  • disclosed17 Feb 2025

Introduced: 17 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-1372  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 elfutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils package and not the elfutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS Scores

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