Stack-based buffer overflow in the ihex_scan function in bfd/ihex.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted ihex file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8503
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162607
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=0102ea8cec5fc509bba6c91df61b7ce23a799d32
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70868
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0102ea8cec5fc509bba6c91df61b7ce23a799d32