CVE-2016-8679

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Oct 15, 2016

Description

The _dwarf_get_size_of_val function in libdwarf/dwarf_util.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385689
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_size_of_val-dwarf_util-c/
93601vdb-entry
[oss-security] 20161015 Re: libdwarf: heap-based buffer overflow in _dwarf_get_size_of_val (dwarf_util.c)mailing-list

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