CVE-2014-0172
N/A
Published: April 11, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElfutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
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References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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