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FKIE_CVE-2014-0172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-11 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:02

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Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663
secalert@redhat.com	https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html	Patch
secalert@redhat.com	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.153
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.154
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.155
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.156
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.157
elfutils_project	elfutils	0.158

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CVE-2014-0172 (GCVE-0-2014-0172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:05

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2014-04-09 00:00

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