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CVE-2016-5041

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5041 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 debugging information entry in DWARF5 format lacking a DW_AT_name attribute. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for 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

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
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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-2016-5041Low

libdwarf: Null pointer dereference in _dwarf_file_name_is_full_path()

May 4, 2016

References

prevanders.net / dwarfbug.html
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory