Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Published: 2025-02-17
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2129 A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7369-1 elfutils vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elfutils Project
Elfutils Project elfutils
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elfutils Project
Elfutils Project elfutils

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

epss

{'score': 0.0002}


Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title GNU elfutils eu-read readelf.c handle_dynamic_symtab null pointer dereference
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Elfutils Project Elfutils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-18T19:32:38.490Z

Reserved: 2025-02-16T09:10:31.726Z

Link: CVE-2025-1371

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-18T18:47:09.256Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-17T03:15:09.400

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:13:36.377

Link: CVE-2025-1371

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-02-17T02:31:07Z

Links: CVE-2025-1371 - Bugzilla

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