High severity · published Nov 1, 2017
CVE-2017-16357
In radare 2.0.1, a memory corruption vulnerability exists in store_versioninfo_gnu_verdef() and store_versioninfo_gnu_verneed() in libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c, as demonstrated by an…
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In radare 2.0.1, a memory corruption vulnerability exists in store_versioninfo_gnu_verdef() and store_versioninfo_gnu_verneed() in libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c, as demonstrated by an invalid free. This error is due to improper sh_size validation when allocating memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Radare2 · Radare
2.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16357
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16357
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/radare/radare2/commit/0b973e28166636e0ff1fad80baa0385c9c09c53a
Exploit
https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/8742
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