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
EPSS: 0.062 (92.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Binutils
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20, 21
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)