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CVE-2016-5031

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5031 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the print_frame_inst_bytes function of libdwarf, affecting versions prior to 20160923. An attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, resulting in high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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-2016-5031Low

libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in print_frame_inst_bytes() function

May 18, 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