CVE-2018-16402critical
Description
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.
References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
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/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-09-03
Updated: 2021-11-30
Type: CWE-415
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: CRITICAL