VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15056

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.94 mishandles ELF headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by an Invalid Pointer Read in PackLinuxElf64::unpack().

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references