Out-of-Bounds Affecting elfutils-libelf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ELFUTILSLIBELF-1344610
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Nov 2016

Introduced: 9 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-10254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 elfutils-libelf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-libelf package and not the elfutils-libelf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.