PT-2017-8664 · None · Libdwarf

Published 2017-02-17 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-5037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libdwarf versions prior to 20160923

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a NULL pointer dereference, by providing a crafted file. This is related to the dwarf load section function in libdwarf.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20160923, update to version 20160923 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5037

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10936-1

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 10

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5037 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5037 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html · Note