{"id":"CVE-2016-10254","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 allocati","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2017-03-23T16:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T03:14:42.844Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10","https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/","https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:26.791Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2016/10xxx/CVE-2016-10254.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2016-10254","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-03-23T16:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T03:14:42.844Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2017-03-22T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/","name":"USN-3670-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2","name":"[oss-security] 20170322 Re: elfutils: memory allocation failure in allocate_elf (common.h)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10","name":"GLSA-201710-10","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/","name":"[elfutils-devel] 20161024 [PATCH] libelf: Always set ELF maxsize when reading an ELF file for sanity checks.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-06-06T09:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2016-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2016-10254","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"USN-3670-1","refsource":"UBUNTU","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20170322 Re: elfutils: memory allocation failure in allocate_elf (common.h)","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2"},{"name":"GLSA-201710-10","refsource":"GENTOO","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10"},{"name":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/"},{"name":"[elfutils-devel] 20161024 [PATCH] libelf: Always set ELF maxsize when reading an ELF file for sanity checks.","refsource":"MLIST","url":"https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/","name":"USN-3670-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2","name":"[oss-security] 20170322 Re: elfutils: memory allocation failure in allocate_elf (common.h)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10","name":"GLSA-201710-10","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/","name":"[elfutils-devel] 20161024 [PATCH] libelf: Always set ELF maxsize when reading an ELF file for sanity checks.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T03:14:42.844Z"}}]}}}