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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-7613
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of...
Vulnerability Description
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
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Affected Vendor
elfutils project
View all reports →Affected Software
elfutils, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.168, 8.0, 14.04, 16.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 9th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.