VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8750

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.90%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-02-13

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.

Weakness classification

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory