CVE-2014-0172 | BDVDB-2026-60853 Detail

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#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-04-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.