Security advisory

{
  "id": "abc7085e1074161b81d1f46bb7f535e1cb738e6654d9e18882d2c12f1ac9bd86",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10255",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10255",
    "summary": "The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10255",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-10255",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-10255"
      ],
      "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": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4512aba06f73704d53cc2ba86f47b9340914e0f2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.167"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "elfutils-0.167",
            "elfutils-0.166",
            "elfutils-0.165",
            "elfutils-0.164",
            "elfutils-0.163",
            "elfutils-0.162",
            "elfutils-0.161",
            "elfutils-0.160",
            "elfutils-0.159",
            "elfutils-0.158",
            "elfutils-0.157",
            "elfutils-0.156",
            "elfutils-0.155",
            "elfutils-0.154",
            "elfutils-0.153",
            "elfutils-0.152",
            "elfutils-0.151",
            "elfutils-0.150",
            "elfutils-0.149",
            "elfutils-0.148",
            "elfutils-0.147",
            "elfutils-0.146",
            "elfutils-0.145",
            "elfutils-0.144",
            "elfutils-0.143",
            "elfutils-0.142",
            "elfutils-0.138",
            "elfutils-0.137",
            "elfutils-0.136",
            "elfutils-0.135",
            "elfutils-0.134",
            "elfutils-0.133",
            "elfutils-0.132",
            "elfutils-0.131",
            "elfutils-0.130",
            "elfutils-0.129",
            "elfutils-0.128",
            "elfutils-0.127",
            "elfutils-0.126",
            "elfutils-0.125",
            "elfutils-0.124",
            "elfutils-0.123",
            "elfutils-0.122",
            "elfutils-0.121",
            "elfutils-0.120"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10255.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.298318083Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/Q4LE47FPEVRZANMV6JE2NMHYO4H5MHGJ/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/",
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387584"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10255",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433934,
  "published_at": "2017-03-23T16:59:00.197+00:00"
}