CVE-2024-25260 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at readelf.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Elfutils Project	Elfutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.189:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/schsiung/fuzzer_issues/issues/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25260
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31058
https://sourceware.org/elfutils/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25260

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.189:::::::*

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Elfutils Project Elfutils Project elfutils
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils::::::::
Vendors & Products		Elfutils Project Elfutils Project elfutils
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T15:07:14.701Z

Reserved: 2024-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-25260

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:44:08.324Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-20T18:15:52.880

Modified: 2025-04-25T20:42:23.630

Link: CVE-2024-25260

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-25260 - Bugzilla

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