CVE-2014-8738

GNU binutils <2.24 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

References (17)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123

[Broken Link] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

[Issue Tracking] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Scores

EPSS 0.0606

EPSS Percentile 90.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (8)

fedoraproject/fedora

debian/debian_linux

gnu/binutils < 2.24

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026