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CVE-2017-9778

GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 66%
Public exploits
0
none known

GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21600 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/99244 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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