### [CVE-2017-14939](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14939)
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### Description

decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/

#### Github
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list