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CVE-2018-16402

critical

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://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01082