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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18521

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18521 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled.

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

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11elfutils0, 0, 0
Debian:12elfutils0, 0, 0
Debian:13elfutils0, 0, 0
Debian:14elfutils0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 19, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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