CVE-2014-8738

GNU binutils <2.24 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 17
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Scores

EPSS 0.0786
EPSS Percentile 92.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
fedoraproject/fedora 20
fedoraproject/fedora 21
gnu/binutils < 2.24
Published Jan 15, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026