CVE-2014-0172
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 11, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 3, 2013
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20140409 Heap-based buffer overflow in libdw/elfutils (CVE-2014-0172)mailing-list
- [elfutils-devel] 20140409 [PATCH] CVE-2014-0172 Check for overflow before calling malloc to uncompress data.mailing-list
- GLSA-201612-32vendor-advisory
- 66714vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663
- USN-2188-1vendor-advisory
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