Security advisory

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  "id": "f99dffcd9e71fa43bca8624c4ef6dba9f27dc82d923ae9d547f0fe60afa86eed",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24826",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-24826",
    "summary": "A vulnerability in the elf::section::as_strtab function of Libelfin v0.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) through a segmentation fault via a crafted ELF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-24826",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-24826",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-24826"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/aclements/libelfin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d5ad1b95142d9499459d8ae3f921f9937056213f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d5ad1b95142d9499459d8ae3f921f9937056213f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libelfin_project:libelfin:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.3",
            "v0.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24826.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:52.256681334Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/aclements/libelfin/issues/49",
        "https://github.com/xiaoxiongwang/function_bugs/tree/master/libelfin#segv-in-function-elfsectionas_strtab-at-elfelfcc284"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-24826",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383980,
  "published_at": "2021-08-04T15:15:08.753+00:00"
}