CVE-2021-20285 (GCVE-0-2021-20285)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-26 16:35
Modified
2024-08-03 17:37
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A flaw was found in upx canPack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.96. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted ELF. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Vendor Product Version
n/a upx Version: UPX 3.96
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