CVE-2018-16402

Public Exploit

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.08% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16402?
CVE-2018-16402 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16402?
To fix CVE-2018-16402, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16402 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-16402 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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