CVE-2025-5642
Radare2 radiff2 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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 patch is identified as 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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 5, 2025, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
June 23, 2025, 2:38 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.0
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-5642.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://drive.google.com/file/d/1joXpofhKSeb3uJ034ayVuWIoJj08gm_9/view?usp=sharing | Exploit |
| https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798 | Patch |
| https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231#issuecomment-2918848163 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311130 | Permissions Required VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.311130 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.586910 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 23, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:5.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added Reference Type VulDB: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1joXpofhKSeb3uJ034ayVuWIoJj08gm_9/view?usp=sharing Types: Exploit Added Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798 Types: Patch Added Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231#issuecomment-2918848163 Types: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311130 Types: Permissions Required, VDB Entry Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?id.311130 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?submit.586910 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag disputed Added Description A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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 patch is identified as 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. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 Added Reference https://drive.google.com/file/d/1joXpofhKSeb3uJ034ayVuWIoJj08gm_9/view?usp=sharing Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798 Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231 Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24231#issuecomment-2918848163 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311130 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.311130 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.586910
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