What is CVE-2020-17487?

CVE-2020-17487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-17487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Radare Radare2

CVE-2020-17487

radare2 4.5.0 misparses signature information in PE files, causing a segmentation fault in r_x509_parse_algorithmidentifier in libr/util/x509.c. This is due to a malformed object identifier in IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Radare Radare2 — versions 4.5.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17487?: CVE-2020-17487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-17487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.