CVE-2019-7148

Exp

An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."

Published: 2019-01-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-7148 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-7148

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-7148

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.75% 1.58% +0.83%
2 2026-06-09 0.75% 0.75% -0.00%
3 2026-04-24 — 0.75% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-7148

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-7148

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-7148

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-7148: 1 source package rows (elfutils); 13 state rows across 8 repos (3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 8, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-7148
debian unimportant CVE-2019-7148 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (elfutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7148
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7148
ubuntu negligible CVE-2019-7148 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elfutils), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 4, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-7148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elfutils_project elfutils 0.174 cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.174:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-7148

URL Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24085 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence