CVE-2014-8501
The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.16% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/binutils · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162570Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e1e19887abd24aeb15066b141cdff5541e0ec8e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.