CVE-2014-8485

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    CVE-2014-8485

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

    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://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2, http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/62241, http://secunia.com/advisories/62746, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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