Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-17487
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the radare2 package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
radare2 4.5.0 misparses signature information in PE files, causing a segmentation fault in r_x509_parse_algorithmidentifier in libr/util/x509.c. This is due to a malformed object identifier in IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17487 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17487 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/17431 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-e3c95619c1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-f3ebd7554c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA