Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libdwarf package, versions [,2016-10-21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBDWARF-2382807
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8681  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libdwarf to version 2016-10-21 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

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CVSS Base Scores

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