CVE-2016-10254 in elfutils

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 03/22/2017
• Disclosure: 03/23/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-98436 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.4
• EPSS: 0.00631
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10254
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10254
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-10254/