TI-2017-12063 Aliases CVE-2017-16357 GHSA-v5w7-wrm9-wj54

In radare 2.0.1, a memory corruption vulnerability exists in…

LOW 36CWE-119Published 2017-11-01 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01033 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:2.0.1:::::::*	2.0.1	Vulnerable	radareorg

cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·radareorg

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16357
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5w7-wrm9-wj54

References

Exploit 1

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

Patch 1

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

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TI-2026-07639 radare2 6.1.5 Use-After-Free via gdbr_threads_list() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2023-03993 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in radareorg/radare2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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