Out-of-Bounds Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.175-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ELFUTILS-322414
  • published15 Oct 2018
  • disclosed15 Oct 2018

Introduced: 15 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18310  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable elfutils to version 0.175-1 or higher.

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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes.

CVSS Scores

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