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CVE-2015-8750

libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.

Published

2017-02-13T18:59:00.237

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libdwarf_project	libdwarf	≤ 2015-11-14	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697 Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697 Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)