CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-33294
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-07-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.
Affected configurations
• elfutils project elfutils 0.183
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html Mailing List, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html Mailing List, Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cert-portal.siemens.com