7.8high
CVE-2018-8769
elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupporte…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 58%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22976 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-8769
- NVD: CVE-2018-8769
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