CVE-2014-8738
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.2%EU EUVD
The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.
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
- 5.2% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8570)
- Published
- January 15, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8570 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
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- gnu / binutils
References
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533(Issue Tracking)
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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