CVE-2017-9052 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability (CWE-125) in libdwarf versions prior to 2017-03-21, specifically within the dwarf_formsdata() and dwarf_attr_list() functions. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2017-03-21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:2017-03-21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.