Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.24.90.20141104-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403530
  • published9 Dec 2014
  • disclosed9 Dec 2014

Introduced: 9 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8501  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.24.90.20141104-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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