CVE-2014-8502

NameCVE-2014-8502
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-184-1, DSA-3123-1, DSA-3123-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
binutils (PTS)buster2.31.1-16fixed
bullseye2.35.2-2fixed
bookworm2.40-2fixed
sid, trixie2.42-4fixed
binutils-mingw-w64 (PTS)buster8.3fixed
bullseye8.11fixed
bookworm10.4fixed
trixie11.4fixed
sid11.5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
binutilssourcesqueeze2.20.1-16+deb6u1DLA-184-1
binutilssourcewheezy2.22-8+deb7u2DSA-3123-1
binutilssource(unstable)2.24.90.20141104-1
binutils-mingw-w64sourcewheezy2+deb7u1DSA-3123-2
binutils-mingw-w64source(unstable)5.2

Notes

See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512#c17
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339

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