CVE-2019-14295 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Upx	Upx

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/286
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MOCJ43HTM45GZCAQ2FLEBDNBM76V22RG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T52JATXV6NTPTMGXCRGT37H6KXERYNZN/

History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Upx Upx upx
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:upx_project:upx:3.95:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:3.95:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Upx Project Upx Project upx	Upx Upx upx

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-27T18:40:33

Updated: 2024-08-05T00:12:43.398Z

Reserved: 2019-07-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-14295

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-27T19:15:12.050

Modified: 2025-04-11T12:27:55.013

Link: CVE-2019-14295

Redhat

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