5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.061 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.6%
The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.
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