CVE-2014-8503

EPSS 7.4%

Published: 12/9/2014Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8503

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.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 ihex file.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.24.90.20141104-1
Debian/binutils-mingw-w64from 0, < 5.2

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8503