High severity · published Feb 17, 2017
CVE-2016-5040
libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit header
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit header.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libdwarf · Libdwarf Project
1999-12-14 before 2016-09-23 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5040
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
Third Party Advisory
https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
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