LIEF obtain sensitive information via the name parameter

Description

An issue in LIEF v.0.14.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the name parameter of the machd_reader.c component.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
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Published (advisory)
2024-05-03 18:30:37 UTC
Updated
2026-06-06 00:28:37 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-11-22 20:26:56 UTC
NVD published
2024-05-03

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.10% 27.48%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
3.9 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip lief < 0.15.0 0.15.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence