CVE-2016-5041 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Libdwarf

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libdwarf Project Libdwarf
Timeline
PublishedApr 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

dwarf_macro5.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 DW_AT_name.

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wpr2-jmm7-j55j: dwarf_macro5↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-5041: dwarf_macro5↗2017-04-10
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5041: dwarf_macro5↗2017-04-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in _dwarf_file_name_is_full_path()↗2016-05-04
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Debian
CVE-2016-5041: dwarfutils - dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a de...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5041 libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in _dwarf_file_name_is_full_path()↗2016-05-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5041 IBM JDK: J9 JVM allows code to invoke non-public interface methods↗2016-01-28
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