CVE-2025-2849 Information

Description

A vulnerability which was classified as problematic was found in UPX up to 5.0.0. Affected is the function PackLinuxElf64::un_DT_INIT of the file src/p_lx_elf.cpp. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as e0b6ff192412f5bb5364c1948f4f6b27a0cd5ea2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/e0b6ff192412f5bb5364c1948f4f6b27a0cd5ea2 https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/898 https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/898#issuecomment-2734082143 https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/898#issuecomment-2734082143 https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19307868/input.zip https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301494 https://vuldb.com/?id.301494 https://vuldb.com/?submit.522371

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

3.3