Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2018
CVE-2018-8809
In radare2 2.4.0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the dalvik_op function of anal_dalvik.c
5.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In radare2 2.4.0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the dalvik_op function of anal_dalvik.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted dex file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Radare2 · Radare
2.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8809
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8809
Exploit
https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/9726
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