CVE-2018-16402

CRITICAL

elfutils 0.173 - Double Free in libelf/elf_end.c

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0196
EPSS Percentile 83.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 9.0
elfutils_project/elfutils 0.173
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Sep 03, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026