CVE-2017-9053 json
An issue, also known as DW201703-005, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21.
published 2017-05-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17992
- cvss
- 9.1
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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).
Patch / fix
- dwarfutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20170416-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9053
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9053 updated cvss 3.3
libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in _dwarf_read_loc_expr_op()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libdwarf, libdwarf-toolsaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
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prevanders.net
/dwarfbug.html
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-9053
- NVD CVE-2017-9053
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