CVE-2015-8750
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibdwarf
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1999-12-14 ≤ v ≤ 2015-11-14
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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