UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5038

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5038

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5038.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5038

Upstream

CVE-2016-5038

Published

2017-02-17T17:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-17T16:52:36Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

The dwarfgetmacrostartendfile function in dwarfmacro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string offset for .debugstr.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dwarfutils

Package

Name: dwarfutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

Other

20120410-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump",
            "binary_version": "20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdwarf-dev",
            "binary_version": "20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dwarfutils