VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8503
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.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 crafted ihex file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.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 crafted ihex file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.20% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · gnu/binutils · canonical/ubuntu linux
- 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/62241Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- 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/70868Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162607Issue 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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0102ea8cec5fc509bba6c91df61b7ce23a799d32
- 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/62746Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- 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/70868Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.