ubuntu-cve-2014-9939
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-03-21 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
negligible
References
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          },
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          },
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        "2.24-2ubuntu1",
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        "2.24-5ubuntu2",
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        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2",
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        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2",
        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3",
        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5",
        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7",
        "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9939",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:45Z",
  "published": "2017-03-21T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9939"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9939"
    }
  ],
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    "USN-3367-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-9939"
  ]
}



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