VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-8501

CVSS score7.5 NONE
EPSS probability5.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-12-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Primary references