CVE-2017-7609

elfutils: Memory allocation failure in elf_compress.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 4, 2017

Updated · March 3, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE not specified