CVE-2021-33294CWE-835

CVE-2021-33294

Medium · published July 18, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00334 · 25.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2023-07-18T18:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
elfutils_project/elfutilsall versions—
References (5)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUL 00:00Z
    In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)…
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