Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dwarfutils (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-DWARFUTILS-359143
- published17 Feb 2017
- disclosed17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-5031 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dwarfutils package and not the dwarfutils package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The print_frame_inst_bytes function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.