CVE-2017-8421

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Source

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

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8421.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8421

Related

Published

2017-05-02T17:59:00Z

Modified

2024-09-11T02:00:05Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The function coffsetalignmenthook 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 dumprelocsinsection in objdump.c can resolve this.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}