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Vulnerability details: VCID-kq5z-paru-57ck
Vulnerability ID VCID-kq5z-paru-57ck
Aliases CVE-2014-8737
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.2
Risk 1.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
epss 0.00063 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
cvssv2 3.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8737
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8737.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8737
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=17533
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
1162655 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655
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-2014-8737 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8737
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8737
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 0.19589
EPSS Score 0.00063
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:48.501085+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 38.0.0