DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15056
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056
Upstream
Published
2017-10-06T07:29:00.207Z
Modified
2026-03-11T07:24:21.038410Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

plxelf.cpp in UPX 3.94 mishandles ELF headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by an Invalid Pointer Read in PackLinuxElf64::unpack().

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/upx-ucl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.94-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056.json"

Debian:13 / upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/upx-ucl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.94-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056.json"

Debian:14 / upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/upx-ucl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.94-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15056.json"