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CVE-2016-5027

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

dwarf_form.c in libdwarf 20160115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted elf file.

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: 2016-01-15

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330237
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330237

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