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Package details: pkg:deb/debian/gdb@7.11.1-2

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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.	8.2.1-1 Affected by 1 other vulnerability. This version is affected by these other vulnerabilities: {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} 10.1-1 Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.

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.

8.2.1-1
Affected by 1 other vulnerability.

10.1-1
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.

Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (0)

Vulnerability	Summary	Aliases
This package is not known to fix vulnerabilities.

Date	Actor	Action	Vulnerability	Source	VulnerableCode Version
2025-06-21T02:07:30.842558+00:00	Debian Oval Importer	Affected by	VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak	None	36.1.3
2025-06-07T19:31:13.832055+00:00	Debian Oval Importer	Affected by	VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak	None	36.1.0
2025-04-12T20:11:27.977099+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
2025-04-07T18:08:54.255068+00:00	Debian Oval Importer	Affected by	VCID-b2hd-n5zu-aaak	None	36.0.0