CVE-2018-16402

elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 15, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-416 · Use After Free