UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5041

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5041
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5041.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5041
Upstream
Published
2017-04-10T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:47Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

dwarfmacro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry using DWARF5 and without a DWAT_name.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20120410-2

20120410-2+deb7u2build0.*

20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "dwarfdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libdwarf-dev"
        }
    ]
}