CVE-2014-8484
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.24.51.20140903-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.24.51.20140903-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.24.51.20140903-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.24.51.20140903-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.24.51.20140903-1 |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
| fedora | 19 | affected | |
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | {"endIncluding":"2.24"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8484.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70714
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156272
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17509
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd25671c6f202c4a5108883caa2adb24ff6f361f
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8484
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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