CVE-2016-10254 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project Elfutils

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elfutils Project Elfutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianelfutils_project/elfutils< 0.168-0.2+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-39hq-3m25-w277: The allocate_elf function in common↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10254: The allocate_elf function in common↗2017-03-23
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OSV
CVE-2016-10254: The allocate_elf function in common↗2017-03-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2018-06-05
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Red Hat
elfutils: Memory allocation failure in allocate_elf↗2016-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2016-10254: elfutils - The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote att...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10254 elfutils: Memory allocation failure in allocate_elf↗2017-03-23
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CVE-2016-10254 — Project Elfutils vulnerability | cvebase