CVE-2014-8502

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2014-8502

To remediate CVE-2014-8502, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.24.90.20141104-1 or later
• Debian/binutils-mingw-w64—upgrade to 5.2 or later

Is CVE-2014-8502 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 2.24.90.20141104-1
• from 0, < 5.2

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8502