CVE-2017-16357

Published: Nov 1, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In radare 2.0.1, a memory corruption vulnerability exists in store_versioninfo_gnu_verdef() and store_versioninfo_gnu_verneed() in libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c, as demonstrated by an invalid free. This error is due to improper sh_size validation when allocating memory.

Affected (1)

Products: Radare: Radare2

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Radare Radare2	Version 2.0.1

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

https://github.com/radare/radare2/commit/0b973e28166636e0ff1fad80baa0385c9c09c53a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/8742

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/radare/radare2/commit/0b973e28166636e0ff1fad80baa0385c9c09c53a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/8742

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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