CVE-2018-16402

Publication date 3 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
elfutils 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

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the vulnerable code was introduced with commit 272018bb (0.165).

Patch details

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Package Patch details
elfutils

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4012-1
    • elfutils vulnerabilities
    • 10 June 2019

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