Buffer overflow in radare2 - CVE-2018-15834
Published: September 12, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36703
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15834
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Radare
Affected software:
radare2
radare2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In radare2 before 2.9.0, a heap overflow vulnerability exists in the read_module_referenced_functions function in libr/anal/flirt.c via a crafted flirt signature file.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15834
Install update from vendor's website.