CVE-2014-8502
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a truncated export table in a PE file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a truncated export table in a PE file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.91% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · gnu/binutils · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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/62241Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162594Issue 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=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339
- 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/62241Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.