vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9480): dwarfutils vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2016
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

libdwarf 2016-10-21 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service by using the "malformed dwarf file" approach, related to a "Heap Buffer Over-read" issue affecting the dwarf_util.c component, aka DW201611-006.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
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