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

### [CVE-2017-16827](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16827)
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### 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