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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-9998): dwarfutils vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jun 28, 2017

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Jul 28, 2025

Description

The _dwarf_decode_s_leb128_chk function in dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf through 2017-06-28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault) via a crafted file.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2017-9998
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9998
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1465756
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9998

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