CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-33294

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jul 18, 2023 | Modified: Jul 27, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Elfutils Elfutils_project 0.183 (including) 0.183 (including)
Elfutils Ubuntu bionic *
Elfutils Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Elfutils Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Elfutils Ubuntu focal *
Elfutils Ubuntu kinetic *
Elfutils Ubuntu trusty *
Elfutils Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Elfutils Ubuntu upstream *
Elfutils Ubuntu xenial *

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