What is CVE-2017-15931?

CVE-2017-15931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-15931?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-15931

In radare2 2.0.1, an integer exception (negative number leading to an invalid memory access) exists in store_versioninfo_gnu_verneed() in libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c via crafted ELF files on 32bit systems.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-27 · 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: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 2.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/radare/radare2/commit/c6d0076c924891ad9948a62d89d0bcdaf965f0cd (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101609 (vdb-entry)
github.com/radare/radare2/issues/8731 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15931?: CVE-2017-15931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-15931?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.