CVE-2017-7609

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-04-09

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Elfutils (Elfutils Project)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/