CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-10255.md

### [CVE-2016-10255](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10255)
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### Description

The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c/

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