Memory corruption in elfutils - CVE-2016-10254
Published: June 7, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13237
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10254
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Sourceware
Affected software:
elfutils
elfutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the allocate_elf function of elfutils due to boundary error when handling Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files by the allocate_elf function, as defined in the common.h source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening an ELF file that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10254
Update to version 0.168.