CVEs-PoC/2014/CVE-2014-8501.md

CVE-2014-8501

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Github

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