ghsa-j343-3qch-m53h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:20
Modified
2025-04-20 03:34
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-10255"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-23T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-j343-3qch-m53h",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:34:38Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:20:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387584"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/Q4LE47FPEVRZANMV6JE2NMHYO4H5MHGJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/Q4LE47FPEVRZANMV6JE2NMHYO4H5MHGJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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