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CVE-2016-9480
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-29T23:59:00.173 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:08.650

Summary

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.

Affected products

libdwarf_project — libdwarf

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