CVE-2017-7609

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p75

Published

Apr 9, 2017 (Apr 9, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

Vendors: elfutils project
Products: elfutils
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.6%)

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