CVE-2022-0521 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer in radareorg/radare2

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds memory access in radare2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0521?

CVE-2022-0521 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 8 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-788

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0521?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Radare Radare2.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0521?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-0521 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0521 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cwqh-h5q7-wc9w, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0521.

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