vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2016-9558)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 28, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 28, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A negation overflow vulnerability was found in dwarf_leb.c triggered by crafted input to dwarfdump utility.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-9558
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9558
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/6
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/3
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94491
- URL-https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/libdwarf-negation-overflow-in-dwarf_leb-c/
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-4
- URL-https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/4f19e1050cd8e9ddf2cb6caa061ff2fec4c9b5f9/#diff-5
- URL-https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
- CWE-190
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