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CVE-2018-18521 Details

Description

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-369Divide By Zero[email protected]

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-18521
NVD Published Date:
Oct 19, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-18521 Details - Not Deferred