CVE-2015-8538

Publication date 7 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dwarfutils	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
dwarfutils	Upstream: http://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/da724a0bc5eec8e9ec0b0cb0c238a80e34466459/

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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