CVE-2018-16402

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16402
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16402.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16402
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-09-03T19:29:00.493Z
Modified
2026-07-16T03:31:01.614614749Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git
Events
Introduced
aa36de0335e3ce12898954985a208f6336731289
Last affected
aa36de0335e3ce12898954985a208f6336731289
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.173:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.173"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.173"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.173
elfutils-0.*
elfutils-0.173

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16402.json"