CVE-2014-8484

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-8484 · Published 09/12/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8484 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting binutils (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.1%, higher than 92.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
binutils gnu	`≤ 2.24`	No fix yet

Description

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

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5 · Mailing List
secunia.com/advisories/62241 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/advisories/62746 · Permissions Required
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2 · Mailing List
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com/bid/70714
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Broken Link
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
sourceware.org/git

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