CVE-2014-8738

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8738
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-15 15:59:14 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe _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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 17533 – objdump/ar/... crash on malformed ar file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Issue Tracking
oss-security - Re: Re: strings / libbfd crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62241 - Debian update for binutils-mingw-w64 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2496-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mingw-binutils-2.24-5.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: strings / libbfd crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: strings / libbfd crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
binutils 'archive.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA62746 - SUSE update for binutils - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-24) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: binutils-2.24-30.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:029 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cross-binutils-2.25-3.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3123-1 binutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mingw-binutils-2.25-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MITRE sourceware.org
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