### [CVE-2017-15996](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15996)
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### Description

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ICSE2020-MemLock/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/Uncontrolled-allocation-Fuzzer-TestSuite
- https://github.com/akaganeite/CVE4PP
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list
- https://github.com/tzf-key/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/tzf-omkey/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/wcventure/MemLock_Benchmark