VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-8501

high
Published 2014-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
fedora Fedora Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
21 Affected —
20 Affected —
19 Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.10 Affected —
14.04 Affected —
12.04 Affected —
10.04 Affected —
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.24.90.20141104-1
sid Fixed 2.24.90.20141104-1
forky Fixed 2.24.90.20141104-1
bullseye Fixed 2.24.90.20141104-1
bookworm Fixed 2.24.90.20141104-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnubinutils{"endIncluding":"2.24"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.