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CVE-2017-9052

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue, also known as DW201703-006, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. A heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata() is due to a failure to check a pointer for being in bounds (in a few places in this function) and a failure in a check in dwarf_attr_list().

Affected products

• Libdwarf Project Libdwarf: 2017-03-21

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98553
• https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98553
• https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html

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