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ALPINE-CVE-2019-7148
ALPINE-CVE-2019-7148
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | elfutils | 0, 0, 0.168-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | elfutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | elfutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | elfutils | 0.168-r0, 0.168-r1, 0.168-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | elfutils | 0.168-r0, 0, 0.168-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | elfutils | 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | elfutils | 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1, 0.168-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | elfutils | 0.168-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | elfutils | 0, 0.168-r0, 0.168-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | elfutils | 0, 0, 0.168-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | elfutils | 0.168-r0, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | elfutils | 0, 0.168-r0, 0.168-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | elfutils | 0, 0, 0.168-r2 |
Timeline
- Jan 29, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated