CVE-2019-7664
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7664
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7664.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-9
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 0.176-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.176-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.176-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.176-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.176-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.176-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.