CVE-2019-14295

MEDIUM

UPX 3.95 - Denial of Service via Skewed PE Section Offset in getElfSections

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An Integer overflow in the getElfSections function in p_vmlinx.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a skewed offset larger than the size of the PE section in a UPX packed executable, which triggers an allocation of excessive memory.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/286

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0150
EPSS Percentile 71.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
upx/upx 3.95
Published Jul 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026