CVE-2017-9052 in libdwarf

Summary

An issue, also known as DW201703-006, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. A heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata() is due to a failure to check a pointer for being in bounds (in a few places in this function) and a failure in a check in dwarf_attr_list().

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• Reservation: 05/18/2017
• Disclosure: 05/18/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-101466 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.5
• EPSS: 0.00397
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9052
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9052
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-9052/