Name: CVE-2017-15056: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-15056, CWE-476, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00187

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().

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade upx-ucl	Jul 30, 2024	Oct 6, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade upxUpgrade upx-debugsourceUpgrade upx-debuginfo	Oct 19, 2017	Oct 6, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 6, 2017

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CVSS Details

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