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CVE-2016-5040 (GCVE-0-2016-5040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-05-02 00:00
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