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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-9480

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CVE-2016-9480

libdwarf: Heap buffer overflow in dwarf_util.c

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

Description

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 12dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 13dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 14dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 7dwarfutilsno fix listed
debian 8dwarfutilsno fix listed
echodwarfutils20161124-1
Red Hatlibdwarf, libdwarf-devel, libdwarf-static and 1 moreno fix listed
Show all 11 entries from 8 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 12dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 13dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 14dwarfutils20161124-1
debian 7dwarfutilsno fix listed
debian 8dwarfutilsno fix listed
echodwarfutils20161124-1
Red Hatlibdwarfno fix listed
Red Hatlibdwarf-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibdwarf-staticno fix listed
Red Hatlibdwarf-toolsno fix listed

References

Vulnerability data compiled from the Trivy vulnerability database (trivy-db, Aqua Security, Apache License 2.0), which aggregates third-party advisories. CVE records are published by The MITRE Corporation under the CVE Terms of Use; CVE is a trademark of MITRE. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Severity, titles and advisory data from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0), Red Hat security data (CC BY 4.0) and the other sources linked on each entry. Entries may be summarised or re-formatted; the linked original is the authoritative record.