{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8738","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:54:14.089128Z","published":"2015-01-15T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2496-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-8738"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8738"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8738"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.24-5ubuntu3.1"}]}],"versions":["2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1","2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu1","2.24-2ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu3","2.24-4ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu2","2.24-5ubuntu3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"binutils","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"binutils-multiarch","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"binutils-source","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"binutils-static","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8738.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}