CVE-2014-0172 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-0172

Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

elfutils project

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Affected Software

elfutils
Vulnerable Versions:
0.153, 0.154, 0.155, 0.156, 0.157, 0.158

Timeline

Official Publish: April 11th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.