PT-2017-8666 · None · Libdwarf

Published 2017-02-17 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-5039

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 20160923

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object with all-bits on. This is due to a problem in the get attr value function.

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

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5039

DLA-669-1

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 10

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5039 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5039 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html · Note