UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10255

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10255
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10255.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10255
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Published
2017-03-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:58Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The _libelfsetrawdatawrlock function in elfgetdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) shoff or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.158-0ubuntu5.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.158-0ubuntu5.3

Affected versions

0.*

0.157-1ubuntu1
0.158-0ubuntu3
0.158-0ubuntu4
0.158-0ubuntu5
0.158-0ubuntu5.1
0.158-0ubuntu5.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "elfutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libasm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libasm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libdw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libdw1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libelf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "libelf1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.165-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.165-3ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.163-4ubuntu1
0.163-5.1
0.164-1
0.165-3
0.165-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "elfutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libasm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libasm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libdw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libdw1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libelf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.165-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libelf1"
        }
    ]
}