CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-16827.md

CVE-2017-16827

Description

The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

POC

Reference

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22306

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/akaganeite/CVE4PP
• https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list