cve/2016/CVE-2016-4021.md

### [CVE-2016-4021](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4021)
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### Description

The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.