UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8679

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8679
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8679.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8679
Upstream
Published
2017-02-15T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:55Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/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"
        }
    ]
}