PT-2017-9728 · None · Libdwarf

Adam Mariš · Published 2017-02-15 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-8680

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 20161001 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds read, by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the dwarf get abbrev for code function in dwarf util.c.

Recommendations For libdwarf versions 20161001 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8680

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 13

• 🔥 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/04/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8680 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385686 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8680 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/4 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/268c1f18d1d28612af3b72d7c670076b1b88e51c/tree/libdwarf/dwarf_util.c?diff=0b28b923c3bd9827d1d904feed2abadde4fa5de2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8680 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93595 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/12 · Note