CVE-2021-33294

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33294
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-33294.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-33294
Downstream
Published
2023-07-18T14:15:11Z
Modified
2025-07-26T19:55:09.808698Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.183-1
0.183-2~exp1
0.183-2~exp2
0.183-3
0.183-4
0.183-5
0.183-6
0.183-7
0.183-8
0.184-1
0.185-1
0.185-2
0.186-1
0.187-1~bpo11+1
0.187-1
0.187-2
0.187-3
0.187-4
0.188-1
0.188-2
0.188-2.1
0.189-1
0.189-2
0.189-3
0.189-4
0.190-1
0.190-1.1~exp1
0.190-1.1
0.191-1~bpo12+1
0.191-1
0.191-2
0.192-1
0.192-2
0.192-3
0.192-4~bpo12+1
0.192-4
0.193-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.185-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.185-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

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
bda19c410f124ba9e871314cd0e1461e181834eb

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-0.139
elfutils-0.140
elfutils-0.141
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
elfutils-0.169
elfutils-0.170
elfutils-0.171
elfutils-0.172
elfutils-0.173
elfutils-0.174
elfutils-0.175
elfutils-0.176
elfutils-0.177
elfutils-0.178
elfutils-0.179
elfutils-0.180
elfutils-0.181
elfutils-0.182
elfutils-0.183