cve/2017/CVE-2017-15024.md

### [CVE-2017-15024](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15024)
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### Description

find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-infinite-loop-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/

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