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CVE-2017-9778

Published: 21 June 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gdb
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
focal Not vulnerable
(9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04)
lunar Not vulnerable
(13.1-2ubuntu2)
upstream
Released (8.3.1-1)
xenial Needed

artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(13.2-1ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=723adb650a31859d7cc45832cb8adca0206455ed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H