CVE-2018-16402

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-08-15
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1625050: CVE-2018-16402 elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-16402 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 elfutils Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 elfutils Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 elfutils Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 elfutils Not affected

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