elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c
Published Feb 9, 2019
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.31%
Description
In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.175
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
Configuration 5
- 8.0
- 7.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 7.0
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 7.0
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 8
elfutils-0:0.176-5.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2019:3575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
elfutils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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 8 | elfutils-0:0.176-5.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:3575 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | elfutils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | 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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01313) | 69.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01367) | 68.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 31.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 52.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 50.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 41.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.71% (0.04713) | 74.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 9.61% (0.09608) | 87.22th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 9.61% (0.09608) | 87.07th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 78.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.06% (0.02061) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- 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/errata/RHSA-2019:3575 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7665 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677538 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- 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-2019-7665
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24089 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00049.html x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7665
Change history (0)
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