CVE-2016-5037

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-05-06
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1340103: CVE-2016-5037 libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in _dwarf_load_section

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The _dwarf_load_section function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5037 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

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Affected Packages State

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

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