5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.013 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.5%
The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils
before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)
via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a
memory allocation failure.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.10 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 19.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 19.10 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.10 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 21.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.168-0.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.158-0ubuntu5.3 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | elfutils | < 0.165-3ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c/
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-10255
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10255
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10255
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3670-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10255
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.013 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.5%