Buffer overflow in GNU Binutils
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Binutils
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20, 21
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62241 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)