Medium severity · published Apr 9, 2017
CVE-2017-7613
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)…
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Elfutils · Elfutils Project
0.168 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7613
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7613
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Exploit
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-c
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
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