{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:26Z",
  "published": "2014-04-11T15:55:18Z",
  "id": "CVE-2014-0172",
  "details": "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": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714"
    }
  ]
}