CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-9949

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The grub_memmove function in radare2 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted binary file, potentially leading to application crashes due to a buffer underflow.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to disrupt application functionality, potentially leading to system downtime and loss of service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update radare2 to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The grub_memmove function in shlr/grub/kern/misc.c in radare2 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, possibly related to a buffer underflow in fs/ext2.c in GNU GRUB 2.02.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS