Out-of-Bounds Affecting libdwarf package, versions [,20151114)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBDWARF-2382798
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libdwarf to version 20151114 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. (1) libdwarf/dwarf_leb.c and (2) dwarfdump/print_frames.c in libdwarf before 20161124 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted bit pattern in a signed leb number, aka a "negation overflow."

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CVSS Base Scores

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