CVE-2017-8421

EPSS 0.09%
Published 02.05.2017 17:59:00
Last modified 20.04.2025 01:37:25
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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.

Affected products Warnungen 0 Metrics 3 CWE 1 References 5

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Gnu ≫ Binutils Version2.28

Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.

EPSS Metriken
Type	Source	Score	Percentile
EPSS	FIRST.org	0.09%	0.258

CVSS Metriken
Source	Base Score	Exploit Score	Impact Score	Vector string
nvd@nist.gov	5.5	1.8	3.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd@nist.gov	7.1	8.6	6.9	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Issue Tracking

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8421

CVE Source (NVD)

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2017-8421

CVE Source (JSON)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8421

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