Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-10255 First vendor Publication 2017-03-23
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10255

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-10-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201710-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/1
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387584
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahos...
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
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