Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2016-9558

Published: 28 February 2017

(1) libdwarf/dwarf_leb.c and (2) dwarfdump/print_frames.c in libdwarf before 20161124 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted bit pattern in a signed leb number, aka a "negation overflow."

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
dwarfutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
xenial Needed

artful Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (20161124-1, 20161124)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(20161124-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/4f19e1050cd8e9ddf2cb6caa061ff2fec4c9b5f9/#diff-5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H