What is CVE-2017-16357?

CVE-2017-16357 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 2017-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-16357?

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

Buffer overflow in Radare Radare2

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 invalid free. This error is due to improper sh_size validat…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 2.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16357?: CVE-2017-16357 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 2017-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-16357?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.