Security advisory

{
  "id": "4059cde1d77aabc9ec5b1ef61d8e38b0dfda0a4efff2e2cfca6605e45a8f9ef8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7609",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7609",
    "summary": "elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7609",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7609",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7609"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "515dd0acc77673c953380bcf5ccfb05b83c5a3ab"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "515dd0acc77673c953380bcf5ccfb05b83c5a3ab"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.168"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.168"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.168",
            "elfutils-0.168"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7609.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.526055760Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10",
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7609",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430704,
  "published_at": "2017-04-09T14:59:00.717+00:00"
}