What is CVE-2017-7854?

CVE-2017-7854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-7854?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-7854

The consume_init_expr function in wasm.c in radare2 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted Web Assembly file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% 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 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/radare/radare2/commit/d2632f6483a3ceb5d8e0a5fb11142c51c43978b4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/radare/radare2/issues/7265 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97648 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7854?: CVE-2017-7854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-7854?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.