### [CVE-2017-7609](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7609)
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### Description

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c

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