CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9558
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
(1) libdwarf/dwarf_leb.c and (2) dwarfdump/print_frames.c in libdwarf before 20161124 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted bit pattern in a signed leb number, aka a "negation overflow."
Affected configurations
• libdwarf project libdwarf (>= 1999-12-14 < 2016-11-24)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94491 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/libdwarf-negation-overflow-in-dwarf_leb-c/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/4f19e1050cd8e9ddf2cb6caa061ff2fec4c9b5f9/#diff-5 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94491 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/libdwarf-negation-overflow-in-dwarf_leb-c/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/4f19e1050cd8e9ddf2cb6caa061ff2fec4c9b5f9/#diff-5 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html Third Party Advisory