CVE-2016-8679

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8679
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8679.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8679
Downstream
Published
2017-02-15T21:59:00.510Z
Modified
2026-05-14T04:02:11.606498010Z
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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dwarfgetsizeofval function in libdwarf/dwarfutil.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "1999-12-14"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "2016-11-24"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fd1d490f0815994a870744d99660ed72585f3741
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "20161124"
        }
    ],
    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
}

Affected versions

Other
20110113
20110605
20110607
20110612
20110908
20111009
20111030
20111214
20120410
20121127
20121130
20130125
20130126
20130207
20130729
20130729-b
20140131
20140208
20140413
20140519
20140805
20150112
20150115
20150310
20150507
20150913
20150915
20151114
20160116
20160507
20160613
20160923
20160929
20161001
20161021

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8679.json"