CVE-2016-9480
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-29 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
Summary
libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file" approach, related to a "Heap Buffer Over-read" issue affecting the dwarf_util.c component, aka DW201611-006.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94980Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/5/Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/5dd64de047cd5ec479fb11fe7ff2692fd819e5e5/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94980Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/5/Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/5dd64de047cd5ec479fb11fe7ff2692fd819e5e5/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlThird Party Advisory
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