CVE - CVE-2014-0172

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-0172	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:66714 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663 GENTOO:GLSA-201612-32 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32 MLIST:[elfutils-devel] 20140409 [PATCH] CVE-2014-0172 Check for overflow before calling malloc to uncompress data. URL:https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20140409 Heap-based buffer overflow in libdw/elfutils (CVE-2014-0172) URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54 UBUNTU:USN-2188-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20131203	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20131203)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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