CVE-2014-8484

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    CVE-2014-8484

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2, http://secunia.com/advisories/62241, http://secunia.com/advisories/62746, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156272, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17509, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70714, https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd25671c6f202c4a5108883caa2adb24ff6f361f

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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