CVE-2014-0172

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.4
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.832

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
collection of utilities to handle ELF objects (USN-2188-1) libdw1_0.158-0ubuntu5.2_i386.debLinux
collection of utilities to handle ELF objects (USN-2188-1) libdw1_0.158-0ubuntu5.2_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234