Heap-based buffer overflow in libdw in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file

CVE-2014-0172 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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