CVE-2014-8501: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.