CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.2	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in radare2 1.2.1. Affected by this issue is the function dex_loadcode of the file libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c of the component DEX File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-6387. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in radare2 1.2.1 (Programming Tool Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function dex_loadcode of the file libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c of the component DEX File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The dex_loadcode function in libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c in radare2 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted DEX file.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2017. The weakness was published 03/02/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-6387 since 02/28/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 254380 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-6387), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (254380) and SecurityFocus (BID 96521†). Similar entry is available at VDB-97451. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Programming Tool Software

Name

• radare2

Version

• 1.2.1

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Nessus ID: 254380
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-6387

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

02/28/2017 🔍
03/01/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/01/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/01/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/02/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/02/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/25/2025 +3098 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-6387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97450
SecurityFocus: 96521 - radare2 CVE-2017-6387 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6387 - radare2 - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2017 10:08
Updated: 08/25/2025 14:55
Changes: 03/02/2017 10:08 (60), 09/03/2020 14:28 (5), 08/25/2025 14:55 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:F68:103

Discussion

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!