CVE-2014-9939

9.8

CRITICAL

GNU Binutils Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description

ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.

INFO

Published Date :

March 21, 2017, 6:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:23 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-9939 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9939 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Gnu	binutils

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9939.

URL	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750	Issue Tracking Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

fokypoky/places-list

None

asp-net-core csharp docker dockerfile javascript react webapi docker-compose

C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 383 different CVEs too.

vincent-deng/veracode-container-security-finding-parser

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

Mohzeela/external-secret

None

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Aug. 3, 2022, 7:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

mglantz/acs-image-cve

API integration to present CVE per image in CVS format

Shell

Updated: 3 years, 3 months ago

2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : June 18, 2021, 2:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

umahari/security

None

Dockerfile Makefile Shell Go Smarty Open Policy Agent Mustache

Updated: 3 years, 8 months ago

0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : Feb. 25, 2021, 9:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

siddharthraopotukuchi/trivy

None

Dockerfile Makefile

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 15, 2020, 7:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

t31m0/Vulnerability-Scanner-for-Containers

None

Dockerfile Makefile Shell Go Smarty Open Policy Agent

Updated: 5 months ago

2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Sept. 21, 2020, 7:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

simiyo/trivy

None

Dockerfile Makefile Shell Go Smarty

Updated: 4 years, 5 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : June 6, 2020, 2:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 54 different CVEs too.

KorayAgaya/TrivyWeb

A Simple and Comprehensive Vulnerability Scanner for Containers, Suitable for CI for Web

Python HTML CSS JavaScript

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Aug. 2, 2019, 8:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 51 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9939 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9939 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Nov. 07, 2023

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b [No types assigned]
Removed	Reference	MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Mar. 22, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed	Reference Type	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b No Types Assigned	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e27a9d5f22f9f7ead11738b1546d0b5c737266b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750 No Types Assigned	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18750 Issue Tracking, Patch
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.25::::::: (and previous)

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9939 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9939 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2014-9939

GNU Binutils Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description

INFO

March 21, 2017, 6:59 a.m.

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:23 a.m.

Yes !

5.9

3.9

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

0.26 }} -0.02%

0.63845

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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