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CVE-2017-7610 (GCVE-0-2017-7610)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:12
VLAI
Summary
The check_group 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.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-… x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2017-04-09 00:00
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