Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 16, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27545
CVE-2020-27545
Description
libdwarf before 20201017 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read because of an invalid pointer dereference via an invalid line table in a crafted object.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2020-10-17
- (no CPE)range: <20171017
- libdwarf/libdwarfdescription
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libdwarf&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/libdwarf&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/libdwarf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libdwarf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5
< 20161124-150000.3.6.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 20161124-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20161124-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20161124-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20161124-150000.3.6.1
Patches
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References
5- github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/commit/95f634808c01f1c61bbec56ed2395af997f397eanvdPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- web.archive.org/web/20190601140703/https://sourceforge.net/projects/libdwarf/nvdProduct
- sourceforge.net/projects/libdwarf/nvdProduct
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