Vulnerability CVE-2019-14295
Published: 2019-07-27

Description:
An Integer overflow in the getElfSections function in p_vmlinx.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a skewed offset larger than the size of the PE section in a UPX packed executable, which triggers an allocation of excessive memory.

Type:

CWE-190

 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Upx project -> UPX 

 References:
https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/286
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MOCJ43HTM45GZCAQ2FLEBDNBM76V22RG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T52JATXV6NTPTMGXCRGT37H6KXERYNZN/
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