CVE-2016-10254 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the allocate_elf function within elfutils versions prior to 0.168. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the system by providing a specially crafted ELF file, leading to a memory allocation failure. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, resulting in high availability impact (A:H) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.167CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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