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CVE-2016-5027

Impact:: Low
Public Date:: 2016-05-24
CWE:: CWE-476

Bugzilla:: 1340123: CVE-2016-5027 libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in _dwarf_decode_s_leb128

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

dwarf_form.c in libdwarf 20160115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted elf file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5027 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score	1.7
Base Metrics	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	libdwarf	Will not fix

Last Modified 2018-05-01T05:21:26+00:00

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