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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-02T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:23.084Z

Reserved: 2017-05-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8421

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-02T17:59:00.210

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-8421

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8421 - Bugzilla