UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7664

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7664
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7664.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7664
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:45:01Z
Published
2019-02-09T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:24:24.228343Z
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
  • 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

In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elfcvtnote in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).

References

Affected packages

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 

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

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.170-0.4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.170-0.4

Affected versions

0.*

0.170-0.1
0.170-0.2
0.170-0.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "elfutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "elfutils-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libasm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libasm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libasm1-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libdw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libdw1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libdw1-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libelf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libelf1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.170-0.4",
            "binary_name": "libelf1-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.176-1.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.176-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "elfutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "elfutils-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libasm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libasm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libasm1-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libdw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libdw1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libdw1-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libelf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libelf1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.176-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libelf1-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}