CVE-2017-8421

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Description

The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve this.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published5/2/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:binutils

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-772

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02(cve@mitre.org)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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