CVE-2017-7607

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.7%

Medium (5.5) in elfutils project elfutils. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The handle_gnu_hash function in readelf.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-125
Published: 2017-04-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

elfutils_project:elfutils

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98608
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-handle_gnu_hash-readelf-c
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/

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