What is CVE-2017-6197?

CVE-2017-6197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-6197?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-6197

The r_read_* functions in libr/include/r_endian.h in radare2 1.2.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by the r_read_le32 function.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 1.2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6197?: CVE-2017-6197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-6197?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.