Security advisory

{
  "id": "a6f836d4a6d84047d04bad9ff13a3f1d71c319ccc0fb64643be2f0091d87bd24",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8769",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-8769",
    "summary": "elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-8769",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-8769",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-8769"
      ],
      "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://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "54ba4ce2973113d8f4315d4fc90e16a9b4476ea6"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "54ba4ce2973113d8f4315d4fc90e16a9b4476ea6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.170:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.170"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.170"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.170",
            "elfutils-0.170"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8769.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.137390221Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22976"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-8769",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435082,
  "published_at": "2018-03-18T06:29:00.55+00:00"
}