What is CVE-2017-9949?

CVE-2017-9949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-9949?

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

Buffer overflow in Radare Radare2

CVE-2017-9949

The grub_memmove function in shlr/grub/kern/misc.c in radare2 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary fi…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (56.9th 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 1.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9949?: CVE-2017-9949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-9949?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.