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
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.7%
elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression
factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | Support for compressed sections was first introduced in 0.165 |
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c/
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-7609
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7609
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7609
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3670-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7609
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
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.7%