CVE-2016-5042

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5042
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5042.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5042
Downstream
Published
2017-02-17T17:59:00.653Z
Modified
2026-03-10T14:06:00.554297Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dwarfgetaranges_list function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a2b2d14bdc005a5082463d4f68c106a7044efe8c
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "20160923"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
20110113
20110605
20110607
20110612
20110908
20111009
20111030
20111214
20120410
20121127
20121130
20130125
20130126
20130207
20130729
20130729-b
20140131
20140208
20140413
20140519
20140805
20150112
20150115
20150310
20150507
20150913
20150915
20151114
20160116
20160507
20160613

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5042.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "1999-12-14"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "2016-09-23"
            }
        ]
    }
]