CVE-2024-25260 Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-ELFUTILS-6693280
  • published18 Mar 2025
  • disclosed20 Feb 2024

Introduced: 20 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-25260  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 elfutils to version 0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at readelf.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1