{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1999-12-14"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "2016-09-23"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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              {
                "fixed": "20160923"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "a2b2d14bdc005a5082463d4f68c106a7044efe8c"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The dwarf_dealloc function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-5043",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:54:46.824407494Z",
  "published": "2017-02-17T17:59:00.700Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}