What is CVE-2017-15385?

CVE-2017-15385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-15385?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-15385

The store_versioninfo_gnu_verdef function in libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c in radare2 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (r_read_le16 invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

github.com/radare/radare2/issues/8685 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/radare/radare2/commit/21a6f570ba33fa9f52f1bba87f07acc4e8c178f4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15385?: CVE-2017-15385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-15385?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.