CVE-2017-9778
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 8.3.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 8.3.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 8.3.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 8.3.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 8.3.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | gdb | {"endIncluding":"8.0"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-770
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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