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CVE-2014-0172

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
11/04/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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