ubuntu-cve-2023-24180
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-03-14 14:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:45
Summary
Details

Libelfin v0.3 was discovered to contain an integer overflow in the load function at elf/mmap_loader.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted elf file.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libelf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "libelfin",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libelfin@0.3-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libelf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libelfin",
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      },
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        "0.3-1ubuntu1",
        "0.3-1ubuntu2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libelf++0",
            "binary_version": "0.3-2.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "libelfin",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libelfin@0.3-2.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf++0t64",
            "binary_version": "0.3-3.1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libelf++0t64",
            "binary_version": "0.3-3.1ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "libelfin",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libelfin@0.3-3.1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "0.3-3.1",
        "0.3-3.1build1",
        "0.3-3.1ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Libelfin v0.3 was discovered to contain an integer overflow in the load function at elf/mmap_loader.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted elf file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24180",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:15Z",
  "published": "2023-03-14T14:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24180"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/aclements/libelfin/issues/75"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24180"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-24180"
  ]
}



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