What is CVE-2018-8809?

CVE-2018-8809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-8809?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2

CVE-2018-8809

In radare2 2.4.0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the dalvik_op function of anal_dalvik.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted dex file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th 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 2.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8809?: CVE-2018-8809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-8809?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.