CVE-2018-16402

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-415

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 3, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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