elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash
Published Sep 3, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.69%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.173
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
No data.
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7
ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
Fixed · RHBA-2020:0547
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7
ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
Fixed · RHBA-2020:0547
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7
ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28
Fixed · RHBA-2020:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
elfutils-0:0.176-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support
elfutils-0:0.172-4.el7_6
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1471
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
elfutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
elfutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
elfutils
Not affected
Red Hat Virtualization 4
elfutils
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28 | Fixed | RHBA-2020:0547 |
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28 | Fixed | RHBA-2020:0547 |
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28 | Fixed | RHBA-2020:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | elfutils-0:0.176-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2197 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support | elfutils-0:0.172-4.el7_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1471 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | elfutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | elfutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | elfutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | elfutils | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.69% (0.03691) | 89.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.69% (0.03691) | 88.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02103) | 82.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01082) | 75.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.25% (0.02248) | 74.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01082) | 76.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00692) | 79.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00989) | 83.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 0.97% (0.00967) | 83.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01084) | 83.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 1.53% (0.01527) | 85.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 1.27% (0.01274) | 83.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01155) | 82.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01491) | 84.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 50.78th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 50.28th | v1 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 78.01th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 76.51th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625050 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16402
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16402
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625050 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16402 | ||
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16402 |
Change history (0)
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