ubuntu-cve-2014-8501
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-12-09 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "binutils",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "binutils-source",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "binutils",
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      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1",
        "2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1",
        "2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1",
        "2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1",
        "2.24-1ubuntu1",
        "2.24-1ubuntu2",
        "2.24-2ubuntu1",
        "2.24-2ubuntu2",
        "2.24-2ubuntu3",
        "2.24-4ubuntu1",
        "2.24-5ubuntu1",
        "2.24-5ubuntu2",
        "2.24-5ubuntu3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gdb",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gdb-minimal",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gdb-multiarch",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gdb-source",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gdb64",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gdbserver",
            "binary_version": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "gdb",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdb@7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "7.6.1-0ubuntu3",
        "7.6.1-1ubuntu1",
        "7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1",
        "7.7-0ubuntu1",
        "7.7-0ubuntu2",
        "7.7-0ubuntu3",
        "7.7-0ubuntu3.1",
        "7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8501",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:44Z",
  "published": "2014-12-09T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8501"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8501"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2496-1",
    "USN-3367-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-8501"
  ]
}



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