CVE-2017-9778

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-15
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1466255: CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9778 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdb Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdb Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdb Will not fix

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