CVE-2014-8484
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8321)
- Published
- December 9, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8321 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- gnu / binutils
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5(Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70714
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156272(Broken Link)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17509(Issue Tracking)
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd25671c6f202c4a5108883caa2adb24ff6f361f
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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