Medium
Security advisory
p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX before 3.96 has an integer overflow during unpacking via crafted values in a PT_DYNAMIC segment.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-20805
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX before 3.96 has an integer overflow during unpacking via crafted values in a PT_DYNAMIC segment.
osv:CVE-2019-20805
Complete source record
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