Bug 1394802 – CVE-2016-9275 libdwarf: Out of bound heap read in _dwarf_skim_forms

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Bug 1394802 - (CVE-2016-9275) CVE-2016-9275 libdwarf: Out of bound heap read in _dwarf_skim_forms

Summary:	CVE-2016-9275 libdwarf: Out of bound heap read in _dwarf_skim_forms

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9275

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1399992
Blocks:	1394806
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Reported:	2016-11-14 08:25 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2016-12-15 02:29 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-12-15 00:29:21 EST
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-14 08:25:45 EST

An out of bounds heap read was found in _dwarf_skim_forms in dwarf_macro5.c triggered by crafted input to dwarfdump utility.

Upstream patch:

https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/583f8834083b5ef834c497f5b47797e16101a9a6/

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/401

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-11-30 03:42:14 EST

Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1399992]

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