CVE-2017-9778

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9778

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9778.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9778

Related

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9778

Published

2017-06-21T07:29:00Z

Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gdb

Package

Name: gdb
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdb?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / gdb

Package

Name: gdb
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdb?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / gdb

Package

Name: gdb
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdb?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}