CVE-2016-10254

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    CVE-2016-10254

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

    References: https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    elfutils-0.167

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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