Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.

Affected products

Elfutils Project/Elfutils
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

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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