Back to Database
Status published
Critical
CVE-2017-9054
An issue, also known as DW201703-002, was discovered in libdwarf...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2017-9054
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
More from libdwarf project
View All →CVE-2022-39170
libdwarf 0.4.1 has a double free in _dwarf_exec_frame_instr in dwarf_frame.c....
High
8.8
CVE-2022-34299
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in libdwarf 0.4.0. This...
High
8.1
CVE-2022-32200
libdwarf 0.4.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in _dwarf_check_string_valid in...
High
7.8
CVE-2020-28163
libdwarf before 20201201 allows a dwarf_print_lines.c NULL pointer dereference and...
Unknown
0
CVE-2020-27545
libdwarf before 20201017 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read because of...
Unknown
0
Affected Vendor
libdwarf project
View all reports →Affected Software
libdwarf
Vulnerable Versions:
2017-03-21
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 18th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.