CVE-2025-1371
GNU elfutils eu-read readelf.c handle_dynamic_symtab null pointer dereference
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Feb 17, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Reserved
- Feb 16, 2025
Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 1.7 Low | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
elfutilsGNU |
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References
- VDB-295978 | GNU elfutils eu-read readelf.c handle_dynamic_symtab null pointer dereferencevdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-295978 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #496484 | GNU elfutils/eu-readelf 0.192 Buffer Over-readthird-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32655issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15926exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32655#c2issue-trackingpatch
- https://www.gnu.org/product
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