Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU binutils 2.24 and Earlier

CVE-2014-8738 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

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