CVE-2014-8501 | Mend Vulnerability Database

Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2014-8501

CVE-2014-8501

Published:December 09, 2014

Updated:May 17, 2026

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.

Related Resources (21)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162570

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8501

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866