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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8750

libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section mar...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dwarfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20160507-1"}]}]

Debian:13 dwarfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20160507-1"}]}]

Debian:14 dwarfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20160507-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org