What is GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c?

GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c cover?

GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-33294. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c?

GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2cMediumCVSS 5.5

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 18, 2023

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-33294 →

📋 Description

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33294
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c