DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8679
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679
Upstream
Published
2017-02-15T21:59:00.510Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:51.160876Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dwarfgetsizeofval function in libdwarf/dwarfutil.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20161001-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679.json"

Debian:12 / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20161001-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679.json"

Debian:13 / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20161001-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679.json"

Debian:14 / dwarfutils

Package

Name
dwarfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dwarfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20161001-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8679.json"