CVE-2016-8681: Libdwarf Project Libdwarf

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: up to and including 2016-10-01

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