VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9939
ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.