CVE-2014-8738

Published: Jan 15, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

Affected (8)

Products: Fedoraproject: Fedora · Debian: Debian Linux · Gnu: Binutils · +1 more

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

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

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

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Up to 2.24

Configuration D

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

CWE-119

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/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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f

Source: cve@mitre.org

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