CVE-2014-9939 (GCVE-0-2014-9939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-21 06:21 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2017-03-21 00:00
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