DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18521

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18521
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18521.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18521
Upstream
Published
2018-10-19T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:29Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlibaddsymbols() 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.175-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}