High
Security advisory
PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11243
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
osv:CVE-2018-11243
Complete source record
{
"id": "f0b0de5b00155186f160dd2daf033c1eb683d872b3fc0e45223a2416dfca1478",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11243",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2018-11243",
"summary": "PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-11243",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2018-11243",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-11243"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"repo": "https://github.com/upx/upx",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "7a3637ff5a800b8bcbad20ae7f668d8c8449b014"
},
{
"last_affected": "7a3637ff5a800b8bcbad20ae7f668d8c8449b014"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "3.95"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.95"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
}
],
"versions": [
"3.95",
"v3.95"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-11243.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:17.132656972Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D7XU42G6MUQQXHWRP7DCF2JSIBOJ5GOO/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUTVSTXAFTD552NO2K2RIF6MDQEHP3BE/",
"https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/devel/NEWS",
"https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/206",
"https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/207"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-11243",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 381482,
"published_at": "2018-05-18T17:29:00.247+00:00"
}