What is CVE-2015-8750?

CVE-2015-8750 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libdwarf Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8750?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Libdwarf Project

CVE-2015-8750

libdwarf 20151114 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a debug_abbrev section marked NOBITS in an ELF file.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

Affected products

Libdwarf_project Libdwarf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8750?: CVE-2015-8750 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libdwarf Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8750?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.