CVE-2017-8421

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8421
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-02T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-772 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8421
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8421
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:35:12 2017-05-02T17:59Z 2017-05-02T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:35:12 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:35:12 Modified Vulnerability Status updated