UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0172

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0172
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0172.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0172
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Published
2014-04-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T09:27:34Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.158-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.158-0ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.157-1ubuntu1
0.158-0ubuntu3
0.158-0ubuntu4
0.158-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "elfutils",
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libasm1",
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdw1",
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libelf1",
            "binary_version": "0.158-0ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0172.json"