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Vulnerability details: VCID-e4u5-fgz2-3yd6
Vulnerability ID VCID-e4u5-fgz2-3yd6
Aliases CVE-2014-8502
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
epss 0.10721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8502
Reference id Reference type URL
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
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8502.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8502
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8484
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8485
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8501
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8502
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8503
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8504
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8737
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8738
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5a4b0ccc20ba30caef53b01bee2c0aaa5b855339
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/70869
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
1162594 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162594
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-8502 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8502
GLSA-201612-24 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
RHSA-2015:2079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2079
USN-2496-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2496-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8502
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.93296
EPSS Score 0.10721
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:48.467895+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 38.0.0