CVE-2014-9939
binutils - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
Description
ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
How to fix CVE-2014-9939
To remediate CVE-2014-9939, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.25.90.20151125-1 or later
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.22-8+deb7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 7.10-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-9939 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.25.90.20151125-1
- from 0, < 2.22-8+deb7u3
- from 0, < 7.10-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |