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

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th 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 1.5.0
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, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.