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binutils, binutils-mingw-w64 — security advisory
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.
- Products
- binutils, binutils-mingw-w64
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.24.90.20141124-1, 5.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-8737
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8737
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.24.90.20141124-1
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.24.90.20141124-1
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.24.90.20141124-1
binutils-mingw-w64
Fixed versions: 5.2
binutils-mingw-w64
Fixed versions: 5.2
binutils-mingw-w64
Fixed versions: 5.2
Complete source record
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