Mend.io Vulnerability Database

What is a CVE vulnerability ID? icon What is a WS vulnerability ID? icon What is an MSC vulnerability ID? icon
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
icon

We found results for “”

CVE-2021-33294

Date: July 17, 2023

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33294
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33294
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-33294
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-33294

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

Do you need more information?

Contact Us