CVE-2014-9939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.

Published: 2017-03-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9744	ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3367-1	gdb vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9939
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9939

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Binutils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-21T06:21:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:02:37.319Z

Reserved: 2017-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9939

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-21T06:59:00.150

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-9939

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9939 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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