Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-11379 is a crash bug in radare2 2.5.0. A specially crafted Windows PE file can make the tool read outside heap bounds and crash while extracting debug information. The evidence points to denial of service, not code execution or data theft.
Executive priority
Handle as a targeted operational resilience issue. Prioritize environments where radare2 processes untrusted files automatically, because crashes can disrupt analysis pipelines. It is lower urgency than remotely exploitable code execution based on the supplied evidence.
Technical view
The CVE describes a heap-based out-of-bounds read in radare2 2.5.0 get_debug_info(). Triggering requires radare2 to parse a crafted PE file. Public references include a GitHub issue and a fixing commit, but the bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, or a complete affected-version matrix.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in reverse-engineering, malware-analysis, CI, or triage workflows that use radare2 2.5.0 on untrusted PE files. General enterprise exposure is limited unless radare2 is embedded in automated file-processing services.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show active exploitation, and KEV status is false. Public evidence supports a crafted-file denial-of-service condition. Treat externally supplied PE files as the practical risk path, especially where radare2 runs unattended.
Researcher notes
The CVE evidence is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, or full affected list is provided. The named vulnerable version is radare2 2.5.0, with references to issue 9926 and commit 4e1cf0d. Do not infer broader version impact without vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Identify systems and pipelines running radare2 2.5.0.
- Review the radare2 issue and fixing commit for vendor remediation guidance.
- Upgrade to a radare2 release that includes the fix, where available.
- Avoid processing untrusted PE files with vulnerable radare2 until remediated.
- Run binary analysis tooling in isolated, resource-limited environments.
Validation and detection
- Check radare2 versions on analyst workstations and automation hosts.
- Inventory services that parse uploaded or externally sourced PE files with radare2.
- Confirm remediation against the referenced radare2 fixing commit or vendor release notes.
- Verify crash handling and job isolation in automated analysis pipelines.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/9926CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/radare/radare2/commit/4e1cf0d3e6f6fe2552a269def0af1cd2403e266cCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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