| CVE-2014-0172 | Date: (C)2014-04-11 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.8 |
| Exploit Score: 8.6 |
| Impact Score: 6.4 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Availability: PARTIAL |
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