CVE-2020-24822

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (5.5) in libelfin project libelfin. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the dwarf::cursor::uleb function of Libelfin v0.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) through a segmentation fault via a crafted ELF file.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-74
Published: 2021-08-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libelfin_project:libelfin

References

https://github.com/aclements/libelfin/issues/50
https://github.com/xiaoxiongwang/function_bugs/tree/master/libelfin#segv-in-function-dwarfcursoruleb128-at-dwarfinternalhh154
https://github.com/aclements/libelfin/issues/50
https://github.com/xiaoxiongwang/function_bugs/tree/master/libelfin#segv-in-function-dwarfcursoruleb128-at-dwarfinternalhh154

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