Heap-based buffer overflow in elfutils - CVE-2014-0172
Published: April 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0172
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in 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. A remote attacker can use a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
elfutils
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0172
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.