Vulnerability Database

289,599

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-5040

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.

  • Published: Feb 17, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5040
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
libdwarf_project / libdwarf 1999-12-14 2016-09-23