VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8750
libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.90%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- libdwarf project/libdwarf
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.