CVE-2016-5043

NameCVE-2016-5043
DescriptionThe dwarf_dealloc function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dwarfutils (PTS)buster20180809-1fixed
bullseye20201201-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm20210528-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dwarfutilssource(unstable)20160507-1

Notes

[jessie] - dwarfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - dwarfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/98a3da1e8237fe0d45b67ef77f3fa5ed9ff0215f/

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