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CVE-2014-8501 json

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 servi…

published 2014-12-09 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8338

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.24.90.20141104-1
  • binutils-mingw-w64 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8501

  • gdb Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
  • binutils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.24-5ubuntu3.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8501

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • binutils RHEL 7 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2079

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8501 updated cvss 2.6

binutils: out-of-bounds write when parsing specially crafted PE executable

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 binutils, binutils220 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils, mingw32-binutils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) binutils 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7, binutils-debuginfo 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) binutils 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7, binutils-debuginfo 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) binutils 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) binutils 2.23.52.0.1-55.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2079

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Exploit prediction

5.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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