CVE-2014-8502

Published: Dec 9, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (8)

Products: Fedoraproject: Fedora · Gnu: Binutils · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 19
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 20
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 21

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Up to 2.24

Configuration C

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.10

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (34)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70869

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162594

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70869

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162594

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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