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Vulnerability details: VCID-m8e9-kkj3-sqdb
Vulnerability ID VCID-m8e9-kkj3-sqdb
Aliases CVE-2014-8503
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-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
epss 0.12682 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8503
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-2014-8503.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8503
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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0102ea8cec5fc509bba6c91df61b7ce23a799d32
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
1162607 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162607
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-2014-8503 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8503
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-2014-8503
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 0.93948
EPSS Score 0.12682
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:48.479338+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 38.0.0