ALPINE-CVE-2019-7664 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2019-7664 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.22	elfutils	0, 0.168-r0, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.16	elfutils	0, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.20	elfutils	0.168-r1, 0, 0.168-r0
Alpine:v3.21	elfutils	0, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.15	elfutils	0.168-r0, 0, 0.168-r2
Alpine:v3.23	elfutils	0.168-r0, 0, 0.168-r2
Alpine:v3.12	elfutils	0, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.14	elfutils	0, 0.168-r0, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.17	elfutils	0.168-r0, 0.168-r1, 0.168-r2
Alpine:v3.18	elfutils	0, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.13	elfutils	0.168-r2, 0.168-r2, 0.168-r1
Alpine:v3.19	elfutils	0.168-r1, 0, 0.168-r2

Timeline

Feb 9, 2019 CVE Published
Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-7664 advisory

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