VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-0172

CVSS score6.8 NONE
EPSS probability4.03%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-04-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-189

Primary references