CVE-2017-7611

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04
Debian Linux: 8.0
GNU elfutils: 0.168

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-check_symtab_shndx-elflint-c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-check_symtab_shndx-elflint-c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/

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