medium5.5
CVE-2017-9778
GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Gdb | through 8.0 |