CVE-2017-9053

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1

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).

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-9053

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-05-18T06:29:00

Last Modified Date
2022-03-01T19:10:29

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:2017-03-21:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.1

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9053
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9053

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 15:47:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:01:30	2017-05-18T06:29Z	2017-05-18T06:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 17:01:30		2022-03-01T19:10:29	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 17:01:30		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated