Is CVE-2014-8504 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8504 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8504?

CVE-2014-8504 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-8504

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 6.2% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-8341)
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-2014-8341 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html(Third Party Advisory)
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/2014/10/27/4(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/27/5(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70761(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162621(Issue Tracking)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=708d7d0d11f0f2d776171979aa3479e8e12a38a0

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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