{"id":"UBUNTU-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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:27:34.194834Z","published":"2014-04-11T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2188-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0172"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0172"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2188-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0172"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elfutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/elfutils@0.158-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.158-0ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["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"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}