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Vulnerability details: VCID-yhc5-s587-fqev
Vulnerability ID VCID-yhc5-s587-fqev
Aliases CVE-2014-8485
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-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
System Score Found at
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
epss 0.04177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8485
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
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
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8485.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8485
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=17510
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
1157276 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276
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-2014-8485 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8485
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-2014-8485
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 0.88647
EPSS Score 0.04177
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:48.443789+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 38.0.0