CVE-2016-8681

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

Affected products

Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: through 2016-10-01

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93592
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c-2/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385690
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93592
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c-2/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385690

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