High severity · published Mar 18, 2018
CVE-2018-8769
elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Elfutils · Elfutils Project
0.170 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8769
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8769
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22976
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