CVE-2015-8538

Publication date 7 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dwarfutils 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 20120410-2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
dwarfutils

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

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

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