cve/2017/CVE-2017-16831.md

### [CVE-2017-16831](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16831)
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### Description

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22385

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list