CVE-2022-1809 Access of Uninitialized Pointer in radareorg/radare2
High 7.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1809 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-1809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, published on 21 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1809 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Radare Radare2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1809/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1809/index.md)
An attacker can cause a denial of service in radare2 by triggering an access to an uninitialized pointer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1809?
CVE-2022-1809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, published on 21 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.7.0.
Weakness: CWE-824
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1809?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Radare Radare2.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1809?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-1809 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1809 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Radare Radare2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5r8v-mwp7-jjxq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1809.