MidnightBSD

Advisories for upx_project

CVE-2017-15056 MEDIUM

p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.94 mishandles ELF headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by an Invalid Pointer Read in PackLinuxElf64::unpack().

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-476,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.94
CVE-2017-16869 MEDIUM

p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mach-O file, related to canPack and unpack functions. NOTE: the vendor has stated "there is no security implication whatsoever.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.94
CVE-2018-11243 MEDIUM

PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-415,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-14295 MEDIUM

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.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-190,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-14296 MEDIUM

canUnpack in p_vmlinx.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UPX packed file.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-20021 MEDIUM

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in canUnpack in p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.95 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-125,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 30
fedoraproject fedora 31
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-20051 MEDIUM

A floating-point exception was discovered in PackLinuxElf::elf_hash in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95. The vulnerability causes an application crash, which leads to denial of service.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-682,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 30
fedoraproject fedora 31
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-20053 MEDIUM

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the canUnpack function in p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.95 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
opensuse leap 15.1
opensuse backports sle-15
upx_project upx 3.95
CVE-2019-20805 MEDIUM

p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX before 3.96 has an integer overflow during unpacking via crafted values in a PT_DYNAMIC segment.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-190,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2020-24119 MEDIUM

A heap buffer overflow read was discovered in upx 4.0.0, because the check in p_lx_elf.cpp is not perfect.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 1.8 5.2

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-125,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 34
upx_project upx 4.0.0
fedoraproject fedora 33
CVE-2020-27787

A Segmentaation fault was found in UPX in invert_pt_dynamic() function in p_lx_elf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2020-27788

An out-of-bounds read access vulnerability was discovered in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::canPack() function of p_lx_elf.cpp file. An attacker with a crafted input file could trigger this issue that could cause a crash leading to a denial of service.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2020-27790

A floating point exception issue was discovered in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() function of p_lx_elf.cpp file. An attacker with a crafted input file could trigger this issue that could cause a crash leading to a denial of service. The highest impact is to Availability.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2020-27796

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the invert_pt_dynamic function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27797

An invalid memory address reference was discovered in the elf_lookup function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27798

An invalid memory address reference was discovered in the adjABS function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27799

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the acc_ua_get_be32 function in miniacc.h in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27800

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the get_le32 function in bele.h in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27801

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the get_le64 function in bele.h in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2020-27802

An floating point exception was discovered in the elf_lookup function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 4.0.0
CVE-2021-20285 HIGH

A flaw was found in upx canPack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.96. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted ELF. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 6.6 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H 1.8 4.7

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx 3.96
CVE-2021-30500 MEDIUM

Null pointer dereference was found in upx PackLinuxElf::canUnpack() in p_lx_elf.cpp,in version UPX 4.0.0. That allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-476,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
upx_project upx 4.0.0
fedoraproject fedora 33
CVE-2021-30501 MEDIUM

An assertion abort was found in upx MemBuffer::alloc() in mem.cpp, in version UPX 4.0.0. The flow allows attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-20,CWE-617,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
upx_project upx 4.0.0
fedoraproject fedora 33
CVE-2021-43311

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf32::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5382.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43312

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the variable 'bucket' points to an inaccessible address. The issue is being triggered in the function PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic at p_lx_elf.cpp:5239.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43313

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the variable 'bucket' points to an inaccessible address. The issue is being triggered in the function PackLinuxElf32::invert_pt_dynamic at p_lx_elf.cpp:1688.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43314

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf32::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5368

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43315

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf32::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5349

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43316

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le64().

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-43317

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf64::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5404

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3.9 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2021-46179

Reachable Assertion vulnerability in upx before 4.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file passed to the the readx function.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2.8 3.6

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
upx_project upx *
CVE-2023-23456

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in UPX in PackTmt::pack() in p_tmt.cpp file. The flow allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 36
upx_project upx *
fedoraproject fedora 37
CVE-2023-23457

A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in p_lx_elf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 36
upx_project upx *
fedoraproject fedora 37