Security advisory

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  "id": "01179611dc9c6e026e631adb81f032964c1f71a30bd0889b231c6bae9d3fcea5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8679",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-8679",
    "summary": "The _dwarf_get_size_of_val function in libdwarf/dwarf_util.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-8679",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-8679",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-8679"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "fd1d490f0815994a870744d99660ed72585f3741"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                      {
                        "fixed": "20161124"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "20151114",
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            "20150913",
            "20150507",
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            "20150115",
            "20150112",
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            "20140413",
            "20140208",
            "20140131",
            "20130729-b",
            "20130729",
            "20130207",
            "20130126",
            "20130125",
            "20121130",
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            "20120410",
            "20111214",
            "20111030",
            "20111009",
            "20110908",
            "20110612",
            "20110607",
            "20110605",
            "20110113"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8679.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:31.692831127Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_size_of_val-dwarf_util-c/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385689"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "libdwarf_project:libdwarf",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1999-12-14"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "2016-11-24"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-8679",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432865,
  "published_at": "2017-02-15T21:59:00.51+00:00"
}