Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39624

NULL pointer dereference in libdwarf - CVE-2016-5027

Published: February 24, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39624

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5027

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: David Anderson

Affected software:
libdwarf

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

dwarf_form.c in libdwarf 20160115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted elf file.

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