Heap Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in libdwarf 2016-10-21 (DW201611-006)

CVE-2016-9480 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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.

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