CVE-2014-8485
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Code injection
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2Advisory
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.htmlExploit