PT-2017-10037 · Prevail · Libdwarf

Adam Mariš · Published 2017-03-23 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-9275

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libdwarf versions prior to 20161124

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the dwarf skim forms function, which can cause a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds read.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20161124, update to version 20161124 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9275

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 9

• https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/583f8834083b5ef834c497f5b47797e16101a9a6 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/7 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9275 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394802 · Patch
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/07/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_skim_forms-dwarf_macro5-c · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9275 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94284 · Note