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CVE-2014-0172 json

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.…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-0225

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • elfutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.158-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0172

  • elfutils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.158-0ubuntu5.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0172

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • elfutils RHEL 7 0.160-1.el7
  • elfutils-libs RHEL 7 0.160-1.el7
  • elfutils-libelf RHEL 7 0.160-1.el7

red hat advisories RHEA-2015:0369

  • elfutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.167-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10570-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0172 updated cvss 4.4

elfutils: integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in libdw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) elfutils 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libs 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) elfutils-devel 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-debuginfo 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-devel-static 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) elfutils 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libs 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) elfutils-devel 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-debuginfo 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-devel-static 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) elfutils 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libs 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) elfutils-debuginfo 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-devel-static 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.160-1.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) elfutils 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libs 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf 0.160-1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) elfutils-debuginfo 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-devel-static 0.160-1.el7, elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.160-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHEA-2015:0369
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 elfutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 elfutils, elfutils-libs, elfutils-libelf
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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