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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-14015

The sdb_set_internal function in sdb.c in radare2 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file because of missing input validation in r_bin_dwarf_parse_comp_unit in libr/bin/dwarf.c.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-14015

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jul 2018, 20:29 UTC

The sdb_set_internal function in sdb.c in radare2 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file because of missing input validation in r_bin_dwarf_parse_comp_unit in libr/bin/dwarf.c.

osv:CVE-2018-14015
Complete source record
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