CVE-2016-10255: Elfutils Project Elfutils

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Elfutils Project Elfutils: up to and including 0.167

Published 2017-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.