What is CVE-2017-9761?

CVE-2017-9761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-9761?

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

Buffer overflow in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-9761

The find_eoq function in libr/core/cmd.c in radare2 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted binary file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-06-19 · 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: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 1.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/radare/radare2/commit/00e8f205475332d7842d0f0d1481eeab4e83017c (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/radare/radare2/issues/7727 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99138 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9761?: CVE-2017-9761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-9761?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.