cve/2016/CVE-2016-10254.md

### [CVE-2016-10254](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10254)
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### Description

The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/

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