AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.1%
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.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/