NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting upx-ucl package, versions <3.94-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-UPXUCL-312966
  • published6 Oct 2017
  • disclosed6 Oct 2017

Introduced: 6 Oct 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable upx-ucl to version 3.94-4 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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().