{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "2016-10-01"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted file.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-8681",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:47:54.968128277Z",
  "published": "2017-02-15T21:59:00.607Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93592"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385690"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/06/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code-dwarf_util-c-2/"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}