Security Advisory

CVE-2019-7664

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).
Published Date February 9, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory