Out-of-Bounds Affecting dwarfutils package, versions <20161124-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.64% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-DWARFUTILS-21884695
  • published30 Oct 2026
  • disclosed29 Nov 2016

Introduced: 29 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest dwarfutils to version 20161124-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file" approach, related to a "Heap Buffer Over-read" issue affecting the dwarf_util.c component, aka DW201611-006.