What is CVE-2018-8769?

CVE-2018-8769 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elfutils Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-8769?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-8769 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Elfutils Project

CVE-2018-8769

elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elfutils Project — versions 0.170

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8769?: CVE-2018-8769 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elfutils Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-8769?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8769 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.