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Vulnerability details: VCID-edg9-teq3-83f9
Vulnerability ID VCID-edg9-teq3-83f9
Aliases CVE-2014-8738
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.1
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
epss 0.07857 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8738
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8738.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8738
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
1162666 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162666
GLSA-201612-24 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
RHSA-2015:2079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2079
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92146
EPSS Score 0.07857
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:28:37.711138+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0