CVE-2015-8538 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8538 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-8538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8538/index.md)
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a segmentation fault in libdwarf, affecting applications using this library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8538?
CVE-2015-8538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libdwarf Project Libdwarf.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8538?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2015-8538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2015-8538, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8538, GHSA-f675-hff7-gmp4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8538.