CVE-2014-8484: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 19 only; version 20 only; version 21 only
• GNU Binutils: up to and including 2.24

Published 2014-12-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.