Denial of Service and Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in GNU binutils

CVE-2014-8501 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Learn more about our Web Application Penetration Testing UK.