{"cve":"CVE-2014-0172","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-11T15:55:18.757","modified":"2026-06-17T00:02:26.130","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663","https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html"],"products":["elfutils_project:elfutils"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-0172","score":0.04031,"percentile":0.90597,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}