The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/