high
7.5
CWE
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CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2014-8502: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Nov 11 2014(Updated: )

A heap overflow was reborted [1] when running objdump on a specially crafted PE executable [2]. Upstream patches that address this are at [3] and [4]. [1]: <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512#c17">https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512#c17</a> [2]: <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=7862">https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=7862</a> [3]: <a href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339">https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339</a> [4]: <a href="https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=acafeb6056bec47d7211cf462a7c211a8c95cf42">https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=acafeb6056bec47d7211cf462a7c211a8c95cf42</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Fedoraproject Fedora=19
Fedoraproject Fedora=20
Fedoraproject Fedora=21
GNU Binutils<=2.24
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.10
redhat/binutils<2.25
2.25
debian/binutils
2.35.2-2
2.40-2
2.43.50.20241215-1
2.43.50.20241221-1
debian/binutils-mingw-w64
8.11
10.4
12

Remedy

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID?

    The vulnerability ID is CVE-2014-8502.

  • What is the title of this vulnerability?

    The title of this vulnerability is "Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and..."

  • What is the severity of CVE-2014-8502?

    The severity of CVE-2014-8502 is low.

  • How does CVE-2014-8502 affect the software?

    CVE-2014-8502 affects GNU binutils versions 2.24 and earlier.

  • How can I fix the vulnerability (CVE-2014-8502)?

    To fix CVE-2014-8502, update GNU binutils to version 2.25 or later.

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