{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-hmmq-v5m7-8j9w",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:48:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:48:07Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9778"
  ],
  "details": "GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9778"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21600"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99244"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-06-21T07:29:00Z"
  }
}