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CVE-2017-7607

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7607 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the handle_gnu_hash function of elfutils 0.168, which can lead to a denial of service and application crash when processing a specially crafted ELF file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating it can be triggered locally with low attack complexity and user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.168CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: elfutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: elfutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: elfutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7607Low

elfutils: Heap-buffer overflow in the handle_gnu_hash function

Apr 4, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-handle_gnu_hash-readelf-c
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-10
usn.ubuntu.com / 3670-1
securityfocus.com / bid/98608