CVE-2014-8501
EPSS 5.9%Published: 12/9/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.24.90.20141104-1
- Debian/binutils-mingw-w64from 0, < 5.2
- Debian/gdbfrom 0