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CVE-2018-8769

Publication date 18 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
elfutils 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

appears to be introduced after bionic's version

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H