CVE-2017-9055 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8