cve/2017/CVE-2017-8421.md

### [CVE-2017-8421](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8421)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/KorayAgaya/TrivyWeb
- https://github.com/Mohzeela/external-secret
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list
- https://github.com/siddharthraopotukuchi/trivy
- https://github.com/simiyo/trivy
- https://github.com/t31m0/Vulnerability-Scanner-for-Containers
- https://github.com/umahari/security