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CVE-2019-7665

elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 12, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

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-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow