CVE-2016-9480: Libdwarf Project Libdwarf

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Published 2016-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.