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Package details: pkg:deb/debian/gdb@8.2.1-1
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Next non-vulnerable version 10.1-1
Latest non-vulnerable version 10.1-1
Risk 2.5
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak
Aliases:
CVE-2017-9778
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.
10.1-1
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Aliases
VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak 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. CVE-2017-9778

Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-06-21T07:16:50.971290+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 36.1.3
2025-06-21T02:07:30.847201+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 36.1.3
2025-06-07T19:31:13.835268+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 36.1.0
2025-04-12T20:11:27.986821+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 36.0.0
2025-04-07T18:08:54.265160+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 36.0.0
2025-04-05T04:33:12.020149+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 36.0.0
2025-02-19T00:10:55.640986+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 35.1.0
2024-04-24T11:57:16.054136+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 34.0.0rc4
2024-01-10T13:49:34.470758+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 34.0.0rc2
2024-01-04T05:02:35.127473+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak None 34.0.0rc1