cvelist/2014/0xxx/CVE-2014-0172.json

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                "name": "[oss-security] 20140409 Heap-based buffer overflow in libdw/elfutils (CVE-2014-0172)",
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                "name": "[elfutils-devel] 20140409 [PATCH] CVE-2014-0172 Check for overflow before calling malloc to uncompress data.",
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