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.

Published: Sep 3, 2018
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-16402
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-415

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
elfutils_project / elfutils	0.173	0.173.x
debian / debian_linux	9.0	9.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server	7.0	7.0.x
opensuse / leap	15.0	15.0.x
opensuse / leap	15.1	15.1.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	18.04	18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	18.10	18.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	16.04	16.04.x

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@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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/

Vulnerability Database

289,697

CVE-2018-16402