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CVE-2016-5041

Date: April 10, 2017

dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry using DWARF5 and without a DW_AT_name.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5041

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5041

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5041

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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