FKIE_CVE-2017-9055

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-18 06:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:27
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue, also known as DW201703-001, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. In dwarf_formsdata() a few data types were not checked for being in bounds, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libdwarf_project libdwarf 2017-03-21
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