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CVE-2016-7510

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The read_line_table_program function in dwarf_line_table_reader_common.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted input.

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: from 1999-12-14 before 2016-09-23 — fixed in 2016-09-23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Libdwarf Project Libdwarf 2016-09-23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377015
• https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/4/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377015
• https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/4/

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