UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16357

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16357
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16357.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16357
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:13Z
Published
2017-11-01T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-17T16:53:29Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In radare 2.0.1, a memory corruption vulnerability exists in storeversioninfognuverdef() and storeversioninfognuverneed() 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / radare2

Package

Name
radare2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2@2.3.0+dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.0+dfsg-2

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0+dfsg-1

2.*

2.0.0+dfsg-1
2.1.0+dfsg-1
2.3.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "libradare2-2.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "libradare2-2.3-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "libradare2-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "libradare2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "radare2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "radare2-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}