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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-11383

The r_strbuf_fini() function in radare2 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free and application crash) via a crafted ELF file because of an uninitialized variable in the CPSE handler in libr/anal/p/anal_avr.c.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-11383

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 May 2018, 19:29 UTC

The r_strbuf_fini() function in radare2 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free and application crash) via a crafted ELF file because of an uninitialized variable in the CPSE handler in libr/anal/p/anal_avr.c.

osv:CVE-2018-11383
Complete source record
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