PT-2017-8654 · Libdwarf · Libdwarf

Lieanu · Published 2017-02-24 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-5027

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libdwarf version 20160115

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by providing a crafted elf file.

Recommendations For libdwarf version 20160115, consider avoiding the use of dwarf form.c until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5027

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5027 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5027 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5027 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5027 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330237 · Note