ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-9939 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of binutils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | binutils | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils220 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils | Will not fix |
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