CVE-2017-7612

medium

Description

The check_sysv_hash function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-check_sysv_hash-elflint-c

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-09

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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