{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1999-12-14"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "2016-11-24"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "20161124"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "fd1d490f0815994a870744d99660ed72585f3741"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The _dwarf_get_size_of_val function in libdwarf/dwarf_util.c in Libdwarf before 20161124 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-8679",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:50:47.027092794Z",
  "published": "2017-02-15T21:59:00.510Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93601"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_size_of_val-dwarf_util-c/"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385689"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}