CVE-2014-8501

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    CVE-2014-8501

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable.

    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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.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/2014/10/26/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162570, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e1e19887abd24aeb15066b141cdff5541e0ec8e

    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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