cve/2016/CVE-2016-9840.md

### [CVE-2016-9840](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9840)
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### Description

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Lingom-KSR/Clair-CLI
- https://github.com/arminc/clair-scanner
- https://github.com/mightysai1997/clair-scanner
- https://github.com/pruthv1k/clair-scan
- https://github.com/pruthvik9/clair-scan