Improper Input Validation Affecting radare2 package, versions <5.0.0+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-RADARE2-6814906
  • published8 May 2024
  • disclosed3 Aug 2020

Introduced: 3 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 radare2 to version 5.0.0+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream radare2 package and not the radare2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

radare2 4.5.0 misparses DWARF information in executable files, causing a segmentation fault in parse_typedef in type_dwarf.c via a malformed DW_AT_name in the .debug_info section.

CVSS Scores

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