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CVE-2016-7510

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7510 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the read_line_table_program function of libdwarf, affecting versions prior to 20160923. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing crafted input. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction and can lead to high availability impact, though confidentiality and integrity are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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

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
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 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-2016-7510Low

libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in read_line_table_program

Sep 17, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/libdwarf/bugs/4
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory