Memory Leak Vulnerability in coff_set_alignment_hook in libbfd

CVE-2017-8421 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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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