CVE catalog

CVE-2018-8769

elfutils: CVE-2018-8769

Severity: Medium · CVSS 4.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Published: Mar 18, 2018, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.84% · Oct 27, 2026

elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	elfutils	sid	`0.196-1`	not affected
Debian	elfutils	forky	`0.196-1`	not affected
Debian	elfutils	trixie	`0.192-4`	not affected
Debian	elfutils	bookworm	`0.188-2.1`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	elfutils	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	elfutils	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	elfutils	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	elfutils	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[debuginfod]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[elfutils]Not affected
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libasm1]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libasm-dev]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libdebuginfod1]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libdebuginfod-common]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libdebuginfod-dev]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libdw1]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libdw-dev]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libelf1]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
[libelf-dev]Not affected
Source package: [elfutils]
Details (4)
- 0.188-2.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.188-2.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm
- 0.192-4~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · elfutils · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:37:51 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]