Stack-based buffer overflow in radare2 - CVE-2018-19842
Published: December 4, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36340
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19842
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing crafted x86 assembly data, as demonstrated by rasm2. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
radare2
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19842
Update to version 3.1.0.
radare2 - update to 3.1.0