Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-11384 is a crash vulnerability in radare2 2.5.0 when it processes a specially crafted ELF file. Business impact is mainly disruption to reverse-engineering, malware-analysis, or automated file-inspection workflows. The provided sources do not show code execution or confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted operational-risk issue, not a broad enterprise emergency. Prioritize remediation where radare2 processes untrusted binaries automatically or supports security operations that cannot tolerate crashes.
Technical view
The issue is a heap-based out-of-bounds read in radare2's sh_op() function. A crafted ELF file can trigger an application crash, producing denial of service. Public references include a GitHub issue and commit, but the bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, or a named fixed release.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where radare2 2.5.0 analyzes untrusted ELF files, especially malware labs, triage sandboxes, CI pipelines, and reverse-engineering workstations. General enterprise exposure is limited unless radare2 is embedded in automated services.
Exploitation context
The source bundle describes remote attackers causing denial of service through a crafted ELF file. CISA KEV is false, and no cited source in the bundle confirms active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE description names radare2 2.5.0, sh_op(), crafted ELF input, heap out-of-bounds read, and crash. The bundle does not include CVSS, CWE, exploit maturity, or a specific fixed version.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory systems and containers for radare2 2.5.0.
- Upgrade radare2 to a vendor-fixed build when available.
- Review the referenced upstream commit and issue for fix provenance.
- Avoid processing untrusted ELF files with affected builds.
- Isolate automated analysis workers that must handle untrusted samples.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether radare2 2.5.0 is installed or embedded.
- Identify workflows that pass external ELF files to radare2.
- Check whether the build includes commit 77c47cf873dd55b396da60baa2ca83bbd39e4add.
- Verify vendor release notes before marking the issue remediated.
- Review crash telemetry from analysis systems for related failures.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- 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/commit/77c47cf873dd55b396da60baa2ca83bbd39e4addCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/9903CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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