Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-24180 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Libelfin Project Libelfin 0.3

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libelfin-project
CWE-190

Summary

Libelfin v0.3 was discovered to contain an integer overflow in the load function at elf/mmap_loader.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted elf file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libelfin_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.