CVE-2014-8485 — Code Injection in Binutils

CWE-94 — Code InjectionCWE-822 — Untrusted Pointer DereferenceCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.2%
top 11.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GNU BinutilsCanonical Ubuntu LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.24.90.20141104-1+3
▶Ubuntugnu/binutils< 2.24-5ubuntu3.1
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.24

Also affects: Fedora 19, 20, 21, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-67h2-mpm8-hmxf: The setup_group function in bfd/elf↗2022-05-17
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OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2015-02-09
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CVEList
CVE-2014-8485: The setup_group function in bfd/elf↗2014-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2014-8485: The setup_group function in bfd/elf↗2014-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2015-02-09
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Red Hat
binutils: heap overflow in objdump when parsing a crafted ELF/PE binary file (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8485)↗2014-10-28
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Red Hat
binutils: lack of range checking leading to controlled write in _bfd_elf_setup_sections()↗2014-10-24
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Debian
CVE-2014-8485: binutils - The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8502 binutils: heap overflow in objdump when parsing a crafted ELF/PE binary file (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8485)↗2014-11-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8485 binutils: lack of range checking leading to controlled write in _bfd_elf_setup_sections()↗2014-10-26
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CVE-2014-8485 — Code Injection in GNU Binutils | cvebase