CVE-2014-8738: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 20 only; version 21 only
• GNU Binutils: up to and including 2.24

Published 2015-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.