dwarf parsing

  1. CVE-2016-8681: libdwarf DWARF parsing heap overflow in dwarfdump

    The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code bug in libdwarf — tracked as CVE‑2016‑8681 — is a kernel‑level style memory‑safety defect in DWARF parsing that can be triggered by the widely used dwarfdump utility to crash processes that inspect debug sections in crafted binaries, and it remains a useful case...
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  2. CVE-2020-27545: One byte OOB read in libdwarf line table fixed in 20201017

    libdwarf — the small, unassuming library that reads DWARF debug data — contains a parsing defect tracked as CVE‑2020‑27545 that, in releases prior to 20201017, can be induced by a crafted object to perform a one‑byte out‑of‑bounds read via an invalid pointer dereference in a malformed line...
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  3. CVE-2019-14249: libdwarf division by zero in DWARF parsing

    The libdwarf library contained a small but consequential flaw in dwarf_elf_load_headers.c that, before the upstream fix on July 5, 2019, allowed a crafted ELF file to trigger a division‑by‑zero and crash consumers of DWARF debug data — a vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2019‑14249 and demonstrably...
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