CVE-2016-8679: Libdwarf Project Libdwarf

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The _dwarf_get_size_of_val function in libdwarf/dwarf_util.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: from 1999-12-14, before 2016-11-24 (fixed in 2016-11-24)

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.