CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8681
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• libdwarf project libdwarf (<= 2016-10-01)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93592 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c-2/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385690 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93592 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c-2/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385690 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry