CVE-2014-8485: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

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.