Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dwarfutils package, versions <20161001-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-DWARFUTILS-359310
  • published15 Feb 2017
  • disclosed15 Feb 2017

Introduced: 15 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable dwarfutils to version 20161001-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dwarfutils package and not the dwarfutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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