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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2016-9275 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _dwarf_skim_forms function in libdwarf/dwarf_macro5.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10086

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _dwarf_skim_forms function in libdwarf/dwarf_macro5.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read).

Patch / fix

  • libdwarf_project libdwarf 2016-11-24
  • dwarfutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20161124-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9275

  • libdwarf Arch Linux 20161124-1

arch linux advisories AVG-89

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9275 updated cvss 3.3

libdwarf: Out of bound heap read in _dwarf_skim_forms

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libdwarf, libdwarf-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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