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CVE-2017-9052

30
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2017-03-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:2017-03-21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libdwarf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9052Low

libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata()

Mar 21, 2017

References

prevanders.net / dwarfbug.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98553
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry