CVE-2024-29646 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2024-29646?

CVE-2024-29646 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Radare Radare2, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in radarorg radare2 v.5.8.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the name, type, or group fields.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29646?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Radare Radare2.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2024-29646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Radare Radare2

• CVE-2025-1864 Buffer Overflow and Potential Code Execution in Radare2 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2025-1744 Out-of-bounds Write in radare2 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-32494 Denial of service in radare2 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-32495 Use after free in radare2 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-46569 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8

All Radare Radare2 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6gq9-2wfh-4rj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29646.