CVE-2016-9275

NameCVE-2016-9275
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the _dwarf_skim_forms function in libdwarf/dwarf_macro5.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs844012

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dwarfutils (PTS)jessie20120410-2+deb8u1fixed
stretch20161124-1+deb9u1fixed
buster20180809-1fixed
bullseye20201201-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm20210528-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dwarfutilssourcewheezy(not affected)
dwarfutilssourcejessie(not affected)
dwarfutilssource(unstable)20161124-1844012

Notes

[jessie] - dwarfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - dwarfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/583f8834083b5ef834c497f5b47797e16101a9a6/
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/07/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_skim_forms-dwarf_macro5-c
Same commit as for CVE-2016-9276. Needs the dwarf_macro5.c part of the commit.

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