{"id":"CVE-2016-9480","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9480","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:36.690Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-11-29T23:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["libdwarf project/libdwarf"],"epss":{"score":0.03635,"percentile":0.89493,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94980","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/5/","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/5dd64de047cd5ec479fb11fe7ff2692fd819e5e5/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94980","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/5/","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/5dd64de047cd5ec479fb11fe7ff2692fd819e5e5/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9480","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}