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CVE-2019-7146

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-7146 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in the ebl_object_note function within libebl of elfutils 0.175. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) by providing a specially crafted ELF file, as demonstrated with eu-readelf. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. 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
0.175CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.175:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: elfutils-0:0.176-5.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-7146Low

elfutils: buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl

Jan 9, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3575
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory