CVE-2016-10255 — 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
0.5%
top 32.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elfutils Project Elfutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, 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-j343-3qch-m53h: The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10255: The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata↗2017-03-23
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OSV
CVE-2016-10255: The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata↗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 __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock (elf_getdata.c)↗2016-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2016-10255: elfutils - The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.1...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10255 elfutils: Memory allocation failure in __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock (elf_getdata.c)↗2017-03-23
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CVE-2016-10255 — Project Elfutils vulnerability | cvebase