7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.049 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.8%
The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and
earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF
file.
lcamtuf.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8485
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8485
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8485
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8485