# CVE-2025-1377: GNU elfutils eu-strip strip.c gelf_getsymshndx denial of service

> A local attacker can cause a denial of service in GNU elfutils via the eu-strip component, requiring a patch to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** AZL-56980, BELL-CVE-2025-1377, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1377, ECHO-a210-10f4-5953, GHSA-grvw-8777-fhq7, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-1377, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1377

## What is CVE-2025-1377?

CVE-2025-1377 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in GNU elfutils, published on 17 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This issue affects the function gelf_getsymshndx of the file strip.c of the component eu-strip. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is fbf1df9ca286de3323ae541973b08449f8d03aba. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1377?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elfutils Project Elfutils.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1377?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-1377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in GNU elfutils

- [CVE-2018-8769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8769/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-0172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0172/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2019-7148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7148/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2014-9447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9447/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-21047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-21047/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1377 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in GNU elfutils, published on 17 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: GNU elfutils. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1377/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1377

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