CVE-2016-8680

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Published 2017-02-15 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8680

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8680.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/268c1f18d1d28612af3b72d7c670076b1b88e51c/tree/libdwarf/dwarf_util.c?diff=0b28b923c3bd9827d1d904feed2abadde4fa5de2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385686

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/04/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-4

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed20161124-1
debian debianbookwormfixed20161001-2
debian debianbullseyefixed20161001-2
debian debianforkyfixed20161001-2
debian debiansidfixed20161001-2
debian debiantrixiefixed20161001-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libdwarf_projectlibdwarf{"startIncluding":"1999-12-14","endIncluding":"2016-10-01"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.