Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-9055

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.

  • Published: May 18, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-9055
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
libdwarf_project / libdwarf 2017-03-21 2017-03-21.x