CVE-2017-9053

Published: May 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.1

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.2

Source: NVD

Description

An issue, also known as DW201703-005, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. A heap-based buffer over-read in _dwarf_read_loc_expr_op() is due to a failure to check a pointer for being in bounds (in a few places in this function).

Affected (1)

Products: Libdwarf Project: Libdwarf

Libdwarf Project

1 product

Libdwarf

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libdwarf Project Libdwarf	Version 2017-03-21

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (2)

https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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