DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9778

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9778
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9778.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9778
Upstream
Published
2017-06-21T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:27:53Z
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"
}

Debian:14 / 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"
}