### [CVE-2017-9043](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9043)
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### Description

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/12/binutils-multiple-crashes/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
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