CVE-2017-9778
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-9778 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-06-21 07:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-770
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21600 – Fail to detect invalid FDE header, can exhaust gdb process's virtual memory and terminate debug session | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| GNU Debugger (GDB) CVE-2017-9778 Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)