Radare2 radiff2 pal.c r_cons_pal_init memory corruption

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Radare2 radiff2 pal.c r_cons_pal_init memory corruption
Type cve
Published 2025-06-05T07:31:05.437Z
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Product Information

Vendor n/a
Product Radare2
Version 5.9.9

CVSS Information

Base Score 2.0 (LOW)
Attack Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact

AI Analysis

AI Description A memory corruption vulnerability in Radare2’s radiff2 component could allow local attackers to cause unspecified impact due to improper handling of the -T argument. The issue is considered difficult to exploit and primarily affects version 5.9.9.
AI Severity Low
Vendor Radare2 Community
Product Radare2
Affected Version 5.9.9

Additional Information

CVE List
CWE List CWE-119
Bulletin Family
Source Data n/a Radare2 5.9.9

Source Information

Source Data n/a Radare2 5.9.9
Source Link

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Radare2 5.9.9. This affects the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation of the argument -T leads to memory corruption. Attacking locally is a requirement. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The identifier of the patch is 5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The documentation explains that the parameter -T is experimental and “crashy”. Further analysis has shown “the race is not a real problem unless you use asan”. A new warning has been added.

CVSS Score Summary

Base Score: 2.0 (LOW)

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