Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-10254

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.

Affected products

Elfutils Project/Elfutils
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.167

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/nvd

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