CVE-2014-8504
N/A
Published: December 9, 2014 at 10:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxBinutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the srec_scan function in bfd/srec.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 file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
References (18)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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