Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libdwarf package, versions [,20160613]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBDWARF-2382806
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-7410  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libdwarf.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The _dwarf_read_loc_section function in dwarf_loc.c in libdwarf 20160613 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1