A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Note that this CVE was filed without following the upstream SECURITY policy: https://sourceware.org/cgit/elfutils/tree/SECURITY This is NOT a security issue according to upstream policy. It was filed against GNU as vendor but elfutils is not a GNU package. Upstream request that people who report suspected security vulnerabilities report them through the contacts in the SECURITY policy and not through non-affiliated CNAs.