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CVE-2018-16402 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-415Double Free[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16402
NVD Published Date:
Sep 3, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-16402 Details - Not Deferred