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.
Published: 2017-05-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17993 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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Libdwarf Project Libdwarf
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:21.852Z

Reserved: 2017-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9054

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-18T06:29:00.607

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9054

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9054 - Bugzilla

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