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CVE-2017-9055

libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 21, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

An issue, also known as DW201703-001, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. In dwarf_formsdata() a few data types were not checked for being in bounds, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read