This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page. View CVE-2016-5041 →

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5041

dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry using DWARF5 and without a DW_AT_name.

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