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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-0172

CVE-2014-0172

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.

Affected products

6
  • Elfutils Project/Elfutils6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.153:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.153:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.154:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.155:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.156:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.157:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.158:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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References

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