CVE-2018-16402

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-09-03

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-415

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Elfutils (Elfutils Project)
• Leap (Opensuse)
• Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.a…
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/