VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-8737

low
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
3.6

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.

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 2.24.90.20141124-1
sid Fixed 2.24.90.20141124-1
forky Fixed 2.24.90.20141124-1
bullseye Fixed 2.24.90.20141124-1
bookworm Fixed 2.24.90.20141124-1

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

References

CWEs

CWE-22

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

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