CVE-2017-9778 (GCVE-0-2017-9778)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-21 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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Date Public
2017-06-21 00:00
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