Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dwarfutils  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-DWARFUTILS-665547
  • published17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-5044  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

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 WRITE_UNALIGNED function in dwarf_elf_access.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.