elfutils: invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwflsegmentreportmodule.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by considernotes...

The vulnerability of the libdwfl library in the ELF Elfutils utility for modifying and analyzing binary files allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the libdwfl library’s dwflsegmentreportmodule.c file, a tool for modifying and analyzing binary ELF files, is due to a buffer overflow segmentation fault. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure by using a specially created ELF file...