Description
An issue, also known as DW201703-005, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. A heap-based buffer over-read in _dwarf_read_loc_expr_op() is due to a failure to check a pointer for being in bounds (in a few places in this function).
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (1)
libdwarf_project/libdwarf
2017-03-21
Published
May 18, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026