{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9998","details":"The _dwarf_decode_s_leb128_chk function in dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf through 2017-06-28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault) via a crafted file.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:38:30.079647Z","published":"2017-06-28T11:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-9998"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9998"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1465756"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9998"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dwarfutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dwarfutils@20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["20120410-2","20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"dwarfdump","binary_version":"20120410-2+deb7u2build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9998.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}