cve/2016/CVE-2016-5011.md

### [CVE-2016-5011](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5011)
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### Description

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/garethr/findcve
- https://github.com/yfoelling/yair