CVE-2019-7665
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.
How to fix CVE-2019-7665
To remediate CVE-2019-7665, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/elfutils—upgrade to 0.176-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.176-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-7665 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 |