CVE-2014-8503Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
12.7%
top 6.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted ihex file.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiangnu/binutils< 2.24.90.20141104-1+3
NVDgnu/binutils2.24

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wm8r-9c6v-49f4: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2014-8503: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex2014-12-09
OSV
CVE-2014-8503: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex2014-12-09

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2015-02-09
Red Hat
binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file2014-10-30
Debian
CVE-2014-8503: binutils - Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.c in GNU binut...2014

💬Community

10
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8503 msp430-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file [fedora-all]2014-11-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8503 mingw-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file [fedora-all]2014-11-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8503 avr-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file [fedora-all]2014-11-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8503 binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file [fedora-all]2014-11-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8503 cross-binutils: binutils: stack overflow in objdump when parsing specially crafted ihex file [epel-all]2014-11-11
CVE-2014-8503 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase