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CVE-2014-9939

Published: 21 March 2017

ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
issue is trapped by fortify source

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

eoan Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

trusty Needed

lunar Not vulnerable

precise Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.25.90.20151125-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3)
yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 in Ubuntu.
gdb
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
impish Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3)
upstream
Released (7.10-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(7.11.90.20161005-0ubuntu2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(7.99.90.20170502-0ubuntu1)
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 in Ubuntu.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H