PT-2017-8670
CVE-2016-5043
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Published
2017-02-17
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Updated
2022-03-01
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libdwarf versions prior to 20160923
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and crash, via a crafted DWARF section. This is due to a problem in the dwarf dealloc function.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 20160923, update to version 20160923 or later to resolve the issue.
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