CVE-2017-9778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00298.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Gdb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18708	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99244
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9778
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21600
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9778

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00278}`	epss `{'score': 0.00298}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00153}`	epss `{'score': 0.00278}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-21T07:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:18:02.165Z

Reserved: 2017-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9778

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-21T07:29:00.367

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-9778

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9778 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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