CVE-2017-7609

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7609
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7609.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7609
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-04-09T14:59:00.717Z
Modified
2026-04-16T01:44:01.237354988Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
515dd0acc77673c953380bcf5ccfb05b83c5a3ab
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.168"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

elfutils-0.*
elfutils-0.120
elfutils-0.121
elfutils-0.122
elfutils-0.123
elfutils-0.124
elfutils-0.125
elfutils-0.126
elfutils-0.127
elfutils-0.128
elfutils-0.129
elfutils-0.130
elfutils-0.131
elfutils-0.132
elfutils-0.133
elfutils-0.134
elfutils-0.135
elfutils-0.136
elfutils-0.137
elfutils-0.138
elfutils-0.142
elfutils-0.143
elfutils-0.144
elfutils-0.145
elfutils-0.146
elfutils-0.147
elfutils-0.148
elfutils-0.149
elfutils-0.150
elfutils-0.151
elfutils-0.152
elfutils-0.153
elfutils-0.154
elfutils-0.155
elfutils-0.156
elfutils-0.157
elfutils-0.158
elfutils-0.159
elfutils-0.160
elfutils-0.161
elfutils-0.162
elfutils-0.163
elfutils-0.164
elfutils-0.165
elfutils-0.166
elfutils-0.167
elfutils-0.168

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7609.json"