CVE-2014-8502

high
Published 2014-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a truncated export table in a PE file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8502

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.24.90.20141104-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.24.90.20141104-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.24.90.20141104-1
debian debiansidfixed2.24.90.20141104-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.24.90.20141104-1
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
fedora fedora19affected
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnubinutils{"endIncluding":"2.24"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.