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CVE-2015-8538
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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8538
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8538.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8538
Downstream
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8538
DLA-669-1
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8538
Published
2017-06-07T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T08:07:04.834892Z
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Summary
[none]
Details
dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291299
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-8538
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.18
/
libdwarf
Package
Name
libdwarf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libdwarf?arch=source
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-r0
Affected versions
0.*
0.5.0-r0
Alpine:v3.19
/
libdwarf
Package
Name
libdwarf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libdwarf?arch=source
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-r0
Affected versions
0.*
0.5.0-r0
Alpine:v3.20
/
libdwarf
Package
Name
libdwarf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libdwarf?arch=source
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-r0
Affected versions
0.*
0.5.0-r0
Alpine:v3.21
/
libdwarf
Package
Name
libdwarf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libdwarf?arch=source
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-r0
Affected versions
0.*
0.5.0-r0
Alpine:v3.22
/
libdwarf
Package
Name
libdwarf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libdwarf?arch=source
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-r0
Affected versions
0.*
0.5.0-r0
CVE-2015-8538 - OSV