vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16402: Double Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 3, 2018
Added
Sep 18, 2025
Modified
Dec 22, 2025

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-elfutils
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