{"action":"Upgrade elfutils to 0.168-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"0.168-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"elfutils","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["0.168-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCMBHHWWE34H14XC7A1D97","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:50.211396074Z","published_at":"2017-04-09T14:59:00.717Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7609","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7609"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":5.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7609#Debian:14/elfutils","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7609"}],"summary":"elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file."}