debian · CVE-2016-5038

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:16:07 GMT

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CVE-2016-5038 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dwarfutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The dwarf_get_macro_startend_file function in dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string offset for .debug_str.

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