CVE-2019-7665

In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf

published February 9, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01260 · 69.4th percentile
Published
2019-02-09T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 FEB 16:00Z
    In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf
    cvelistv5