# CVE-2020-27545: 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

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-15 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://sourceforge.net/projects/libdwarf/
- https://github.com/davea42/libdwarf-code/commit/95f634808c01f1c61bbec56ed2395af997f397ea
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html#DW202010-001
- http://web.archive.org/web/20190601140703/https://sourceforge.net/projects/libdwarf/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025694

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