CVE-2014-8501
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Memory corruption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746