CVE-2019-7665
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.
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-2019-7665
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7665.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.