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CVE-2014-8502

Published: 9 December 2014

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.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 truncated export table in a PE file.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (2.20.1-3ubuntu7.2)
precise
Released (2.22-6ubuntu1.2)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu3.1)
upstream Needs triage

utopic
Released (2.24.90.20141014-0ubuntu3.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339