CVE-2014-8501 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8501?

CVE-2014-8501 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8501?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Binutils.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8501?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-8501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8501, ECHO-418f-aaae-0cbd, GHSA-qfpv-68g4-gwwq, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8501.