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CVE-2016-10254

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.

Published

2017-03-23T16:59:00.167

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elfutils_project	elfutils	≤ 0.167	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)