CVE-2015-8750
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 20160507-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 20160507-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 20160507-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 20160507-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 20160507-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libdwarf_project | libdwarf | {"startIncluding":"1999-12-14","endIncluding":"2015-11-14"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8750.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1294264
- https://github.com/tomhughes/libdwarf/commit/11750a2838e52953013e3114ef27b3c7b1780697
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8750
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.