Denial of service in libdwarf - CVE-2017-9998
Published: July 12, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7483
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9998
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted file, trigger segmentation fault and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted file, trigger segmentation fault and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
libdwarf
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9998
Update to version 20170709.