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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8738 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 CVE, MITRE
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8738
NVD Published Date:
01/15/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE