CVE-2019-7148

elfutils: excessive memory allocation in read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf

Published Jan 29, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16698 An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 8:38 PM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 29, 2019, 12:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:40 AM
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Public date
Jan 11, 2019, 12:00 AM