CVE-2014-8484

Public on 2014-12-09

Modified on 2015-12-13

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the strings utility processed certain files. If a user were tricked into running the strings utility on a specially crafted file, it could cause the strings executable to crash.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.3

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	binutils	2015-12-14	ALAS-2015-620

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-8484 Mitre: CVE-2014-8484