CVE-2016-5040

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit header.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-5040

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-02-17T17:59:00

Last Modified Date
2022-03-01T19:03:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf::::::::	1	OR	1999-12-14	2016-09-23

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5040
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5040

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 15:47:52				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:02:44	2017-02-17T17:59Z	2017-02-17T17:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:02:44		2022-03-01T19:03:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:02:44		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated