CVE-2017-9778
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-9778
To remediate CVE-2017-9778, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gdb—upgrade to 8.3.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9778 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 8.3.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |