CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-5040.md

### [CVE-2016-5040](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5040)
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### Description

libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit header.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.