PT-2023-8712 · Elfutils+3 · Elfutils+3

Schsiung · Published 2023-11-13 · Updated 2025-04-25 · CVE-2024-25260

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions elfutils version 0.189

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference via the handle verdef() function at readelf.c in the elfutils utility for modifying and analyzing ELF binary files. This can potentially lead to a buffer overflow in memory. Exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For elfutils version 0.189, consider disabling the handle verdef() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the readelf.c component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

AZL-38203

BDU:2024-01656

CVE-2024-25260

ECHO-DCFB-4448-0792

MGASA-2025-0119

USN-7369-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Elfutils

References · 27

• 🔥 https://github.com/schsiung/fuzzer_issues/issues/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31058 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25260 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0119.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-38203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2025-0119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1377 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2024-25260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25260 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1372 · Vendor Advisory