Memory corruption in elfutils - CVE-2019-7664
Published: February 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17697
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-2019-7664
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 due to improper overflow checks by the elf_cvt_note function, as defined in the libelf/note_xlate.h source code file . A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening an Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause the affected application to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7664
Install updates from vendor's website.