CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10254
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• elfutils project elfutils (<= 0.167)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/ lists.fedorahosted.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/ lists.fedorahosted.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ usn.ubuntu.com