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CVE-2017-9778

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.11%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-9778
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.11%

Original NVD 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.

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