What is CVE-2024-25260?

CVE-2024-25260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elfutils Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-25260?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-25260 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Elfutils Project

CVE-2024-25260

elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at readelf.c.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Elfutils_project Elfutils — versions 0.189
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fokypoky/places-list

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25260?: CVE-2024-25260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elfutils Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-25260?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25260 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.