CVE-2017-7608

MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.24%

elfutils - security update

Published: 4/9/2017Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Affected packages (3)

Alpine/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.168-r1
Debian/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.168-1
Debian/elfutilsfrom 0, < 0.159-4.2+deb8u1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7608
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7608