CVE-2014-8737 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8737?

CVE-2014-8737 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8737?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2014-8737?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-8737 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8737 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• 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-2014-8737, ECHO-b44d-5eba-01fd, GHSA-p54r-q4hv-rx4g, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8737.