CVE-2019-7150
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
An issue was discovered in elfutils 0.175. A segmentation fault can occur in the function elf64_xlatetom in libelf/elf32_xlatetom.c, due to dwfl_segment_report_module not checking whether the dyn data read from a core file is truncated. A crafted input can cause a program crash, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-stack.
How to fix CVE-2019-7150
To remediate CVE-2019-7150, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.176-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.176-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-7150 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.176-r0
- from 0, < 0.176-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |