CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-15996.md

CVE-2017-15996

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/fokypoky/places-list
• https://github.com/tzf-key/MemLock_Benchmark
• https://github.com/tzf-omkey/MemLock_Benchmark
• https://github.com/wcventure/MemLock_Benchmark