4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2018-18521

Published: 19/10/2018 Updated: 30/11/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 384
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled.

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elfutils project elfutils 0.174

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Low: elfutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Low Topic An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...
Several security issues were fixed in elfutils ...
Debian Bug report logs - #907562 elfutils: CVE-2018-16062 Package: src:elfutils; Maintainer for src:elfutils is Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckxbe>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:51:01 UTC Severity: normal Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in versions el ...
Debian Bug report logs - #911414 elfutils: CVE-2018-18520 Package: src:elfutils; Maintainer for src:elfutils is Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckxbe>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:54:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in versions ...
Debian Bug report logs - #911083 elfutils: CVE-2018-18310 Package: src:elfutils; Maintainer for src:elfutils is Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckxbe>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:27:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in versions ...
Debian Bug report logs - #911413 elfutils: CVE-2018-18521 Package: src:elfutils; Maintainer for src:elfutils is Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckxbe>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:51:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in versions ...
An out-of-bounds read was discovered in elfutils in the way it reads DWARF address ranges information Function dwarf_getaranges() in dwarf_getarangesc does not properly check whether it reads beyond the limits of the ELF section An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via a crafted file(CVE-2018-16062) libelf/elf_endc in e ...
Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlibc in elfutils 0174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled ...
Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlibc in elfutils 0174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled ...