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CVE-2014-8484

high

Description

The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd25671c6f202c4a5108883caa2adb24ff6f361f

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17509

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70714

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-09

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0202