CVE-2016-10255 (GCVE-0-2016-10255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-23 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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