Medium
Security advisory
The string_scan_range() function in radare2 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted binary file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11381
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The string_scan_range() function in radare2 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted binary file.
osv:CVE-2018-11381
Complete source record
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