PatchELF vulnerability

2023-04-2000:00:00

ubuntu.com

ubuntu

patchelf

elf executables

bounds check

denial of service

sensitive information

vulnerability

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

9.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.2%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages

patchelf - modify properties of ELF executables

Details

It was discovered that PatchELF was not properly performing bounds
checks, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read via a specially
crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-44940)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu22.10noarchpatchelf< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.10noarchpatchelf-dbgsym< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchpatchelf< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchpatchelf< 0.14.3-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchpatchelf-dbgsym< 0.14.3-1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	22.10	noarch	patchelf	< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.10	noarch	patchelf-dbgsym	< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.04	noarch	patchelf	< 0.14.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.04	noarch	patchelf	< 0.14.3-1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.04	noarch	patchelf-dbgsym	< 0.14.3-1	UNKNOWN