Is CVE-2017-9052 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-9052 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-9052?

CVE-2017-9052 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-9052?

CVE-2017-9052 has an EPSS score of 2.65% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9052?

Upgrade dwarfutils on debian 11 to 20170416-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9052

CRITICALEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue, also known as DW201703-006, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. A heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata() is due to a failure to check a pointer for being in bounds (in a few places in this function) and a failure in a check in dwarf_attr_list().

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

dwarfutilsDebian

Fixed in:20170416-2CVE-2017-9052

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.