Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7609

Description

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

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Affected products

Elfutils Project/Elfutils
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords14 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/dwarves&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/dwarves&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/elfutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/elfutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1 pkg:rpm/opensuse/elfutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/elfutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/dwarves&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1 pkg:rpm/suse/dwarves&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/dwarves&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/elfutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1 pkg:rpm/suse/elfutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/elfutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/elfutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/elfutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3
< 1.22-150300.7.3.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22-150300.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22-150300.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.168-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.168-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.177-150300.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.177-150300.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22-150300.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22-150300.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22-150300.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.177-150300.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.177-150300.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.168-4.5.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.168-4.5.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.177-150300.11.3.1

Patches

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References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-cnvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/nvd

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