CVE-2016-9480 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project Libdwarf
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 29
Latest updateMay 17
Description
libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file" approach, related to a "Heap Buffer Over-read" issue affecting the dwarf_util.c component, aka DW201611-006.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages1 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-28qr-hqrv-mhvr: libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file↗2022-05-17
OSV▶
CVE-2016-9480: libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file↗2016-11-29
CVEList▶
CVE-2016-9480: libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file↗2016-11-29
📋Vendor Advisories
2💬Community
3Bugzilla▶
CVE-2016-9275 CVE-2016-9276 CVE-2016-9480 CVE-2016-9558 libdwarf: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-30
Bugzilla
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