{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8681","details":"The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:02:07.219974Z","published":"2017-02-15T21:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8681"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8681"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/2d14a7792889e33bc542c28d0f3792964c46214f/#diff-13"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/efe48cad0693d6994d9a7b561e1c3833b073a624/#diff-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/13"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8681"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dwarfutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["20120410-2","20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1","binary_name":"dwarfdump"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8681.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}