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CVE-2014-8504
Stack-based buffer overflow in the srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…
High7.5EPSS 6.2%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the srec_scan function in bfd/srec.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 crafted file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162621 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2496-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141027 Re: Re: strings / libbfd crasher (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-17603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14963 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-0471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 62746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141027 Re: Re: strings / libbfd crasher (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141031 Re: strings / libbfd crasher (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=708d7d0d11f0f2d776171979aa3479e8e12a38a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-17586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 70761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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