CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-8679
Medium (6.5) in libdwarf project libdwarf. EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- libdwarf_project:libdwarf
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93601
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_size_of_val-dwarf_util-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385689
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/3