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CVE-2018-16402

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Date: September 3, 2018

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16402

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16402

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16402

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16402

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Double Free

CWE-415

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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