Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions [,2.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368518
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8484  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade binutils to version 2.25 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record.

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