CVE-2016-5041 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5041?

CVE-2016-5041 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry using DWARF5 and without a DW_AT_name.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5041?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libdwarf Project Libdwarf.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5041?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-9052 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9054 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9055 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-9558 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9053 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5041, GHSA-wpr2-jmm7-j55j, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5041.