CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5039
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object with all-bits on.
Affected configurations
• libdwarf project libdwarf (>= 1999-12-14 < 2016-09-23)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry