CVE-2016-5039 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Libdwarf

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libdwarf Project Libdwarf
Timeline
PublishedFeb 17
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object with all-bits on.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDlibdwarf_project/libdwarf1999-12-14 — 2016-09-23

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rp2r-3pv3-66pc: The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-5039: The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object↗2017-02-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5039: The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object↗2017-02-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in get_attr_value() function↗2016-05-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-5039: dwarfutils - The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers ...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5039 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in get_attr_value() function↗2016-05-26
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