Out-of-bounds read in radare2 - CVE-2022-1899
Published: May 30, 2022 / Updated: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63785
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1899
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in string_scan_range. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
radare2
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1899
Install updates from vendor's website.
radare2 - update to 5.7.0