CVE-2017-8421

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.28 - Memory Exhaustion via Crafted PE File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.28
Published May 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026