Name: CVE-2020-27545: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-27545, CWE-763, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00098

libdwarf before 20201017 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read because of an invalid pointer dereference via an invalid line table in a crafted object.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade libdwarf-debuginfoUpgrade libdwarf-staticUpgrade libdwarfUpgrade libdwarf-toolsUpgrade libdwarf-devel	Nov 4, 2024	Apr 16, 2023
Debian	—	Upgrade dwarfutils	Jul 30, 2024	Apr 16, 2023
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Apr 16, 2023
Suse	—	Upgrade libdwarf-toolsUpgrade libdwarf-docUpgrade libdwarf-develUpgrade libdwarf-devel-staticUpgrade libdwarf1	Aug 9, 2024	Apr 16, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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