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CVE-2015-8538 json

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

published 2017-06-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8419

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • dwarfutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20160507-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8538

  • dwarfutils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1
  • dwarfutils Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8538

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libdwarf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 0.6.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2015-8538

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8538 updated cvss 1.7

libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 binutils, libdwarf, libdwarf-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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