Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-9778
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 24.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2017-9778