CVE-2014-8501

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

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La función _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in en bfd/peXXigen.c en GNU binutils 2.24 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (escritura fuera de rango) y posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de un campo NumberOfRvaAndSizes manipulado en la cabecera AOUT en un ejecutable PE.

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way various binutils utilities processed certain files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, it could cause the utility used to process that file to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that utility.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-28 CVE Reserved
2014-12-09 CVE Published
2024-07-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1	Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866	Vdb Entry
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e1e19887abd24aeb15066b141cdff5541e0ec8e	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162570	2015-11-19
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8501	2015-11-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils"				<= 2.24 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version " <= 2.24"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected