{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9480","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:04:48.159715Z","published":"2016-11-29T23:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-9480"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9480"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/bugs/5/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/5dd64de047cd5ec479fb11fe7ff2692fd819e5e5/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9480"}],"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_name":"dwarfdump","binary_version":"20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9480.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}