Memory Allocation Failure Denial of Service Vulnerability in elfutils

Memory Allocation Failure Denial of Service Vulnerability in elfutils

CVE-2016-10254 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

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