cve/2014/CVE-2014-8485.md

CVE-2014-8485

Description

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

POC

Reference

• http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Github

• https://github.com/mallinusm/ctfs