CVE-2016-5027 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2017-02-24

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:2016-01-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5980	dwarf_form.c in libdwarf 20160115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted elf file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00203.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330237
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5027
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5027

History

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Subscriptions

Libdwarf Project Libdwarf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-24T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.324Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5027

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-24T20:59:00.643

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5027

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5027 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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