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CVE-2016-5029

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5029 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libdwarf versions prior to 20160923. It allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by providing a specially crafted DWARF file. Rated 6.5 Medium, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high availability impact (A:H) if exploited. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0292 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2016-5029Low

libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in create_fullest_file_path()

May 22, 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