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CVE-2015-8538

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: from 1999-12-14 through 2015-11-14

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291299
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291299

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