CVE-2017-8421 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Binutils
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateOct 4
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6