Bug 2370390 (CVE-2025-5642) - CVE-2025-5642 radare2: Radare2 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2025-5642 radare2: Radare2 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-5642
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2371114 2371116 2371117 2371118
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-06-05 07:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-09 11:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-05 07:01:14 UTC
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.


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