CVE-2015-8538 — Improper Input Validation in Project Libdwarf

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libdwarf Project Libdwarf
Timeline
PublishedJun 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDlibdwarf_project/libdwarf1999-12-14 — 2015-11-14

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f675-hff7-gmp4: dwarf_leb↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2015-8538: dwarf_leb↗2017-06-07
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8538: dwarf_leb↗2017-06-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c↗2015-12-07
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Debian
CVE-2015-8538: dwarfutils - dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c↗2015-12-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c [epel-6]↗2015-12-14
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