CVE-2014-8501

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.30% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 vendor advisory broken link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e1e19887abd24aeb15066b141cdff5541e0ec8e
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162570 issue tracking
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512 issue tracking exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8501?
CVE-2014-8501 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8501?
To fix CVE-2014-8501, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8501 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-8501 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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