CVE-2017-8421

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-772

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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