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CVE-2014-9939 Detail

Current Description

ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/21/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750 Issue Tracking Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.25

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9939
NVD Published Date:
03/21/2017
NVD Last Modified:
03/22/2017