Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 21, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9778
CVE-2017-9778
Description
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.
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References
1- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99244nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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