CVE-2014-8738

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-8738 · Published 15/01/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8738 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting binutils (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.2%, higher than 92.5% 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 _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/62241
secunia.com/advisories/62746
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2

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