PT-2017-8671
CVE-2016-5044
·
Published
2017-02-17
·
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 write and crash, via a crafted DWARF section. This is due to a problem in the WRITE UNALIGNED function in dwarf elf access.c.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 20160923, update to version 20160923 or later to resolve the issue.
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾