CVE-2016-8679
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-15T21:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-02-11T17:00:05Z
- 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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93601
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385689
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/3
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_size_of_val-dwarf_util-c/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8679
Affected packages
Debian:11 / dwarfutils
Package
- Name
- dwarfutils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source
Debian:12 / dwarfutils
Package
- Name
- dwarfutils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source