Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9054
CVE-2017-9054
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.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:2017-03-21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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