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CVE-2016-5040

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5040 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libdwarf versions prior to 20160923, affecting the libdwarf_project. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a malformed compilation unit header with a large length value. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1999-12-14, < 2016-09-23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0426 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libdwarf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5040Low

libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in read_area_length()

May 4, 2016

References

prevanders.net / dwarfbug.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory