Use After Free Affecting elfutils-debuginfod-client package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.69% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ELFUTILSDEBUGINFODCLIENT-12445285
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed15 Aug 2018

Introduced: 15 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-16402  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 elfutils-debuginfod-client.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-debuginfod-client package and not the elfutils-debuginfod-client package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

CVSS Base Scores

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