CVE-2025-5648
Radare2 Buffer Overflow in r_cons_pal_init
Description
A vulnerability was found in Radare2 5.9.9. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is 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. An attack has 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 name 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.
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Published Date :
June 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
June 5, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.0
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jun. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24238#issuecomment-2918850876 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag disputed Added Description A vulnerability was found in Radare2 5.9.9. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is 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. An attack has 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 name 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. 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/1StQvpouGzMCOGmF3b5q_NxAJiZwivnjp/view?usp=sharing Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798 Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24238 Added Reference https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24238#issuecomment-2918850876 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311136 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.311136 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.586929
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