CVE-2017-9054 in libdwarf

Summary

An issue, also known as DW201703-002, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. In _dwarf_decode_s_leb128_chk() a byte pointer was dereferenced just before it was checked for being in bounds, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.

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• Reservation: 05/18/2017
• Disclosure: 05/18/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 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-2017-9054
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9054
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-9054/