CVE-2016-10254

MEDIUM

Elfutils < 0.167 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

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.

References (5)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2

[Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/

[Various Sources] https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0063

EPSS Percentile 70.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Affected Products (2)

elfutils_project/elfutils < 0.167

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026