CVE-2017-15056

Published: Oct 6, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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().

Affected (1)

Products: Upx: Upx

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Upx Upx	Version 3.94

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (2)

https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/128

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/128

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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