CVE-2016-5042 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5042?

CVE-2016-5042 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The dwarf_get_aranges_list function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5042?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libdwarf Project Libdwarf.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5042?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-5042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5042 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-2016-5042, GHSA-xgfr-63pq-c6gp, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5042.