CVE-2017-7613

elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile

Published

2017-04-09

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xma…

Security advisories

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry