CVE-2014-8503 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8503?

CVE-2014-8503 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8503?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2014-8503?

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-2014-8503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8503 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-2014-8503, ECHO-e127-2441-f725, GHSA-wm8r-9c6v-49f4, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8503.