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radare2 EUVDEUVD-2026-84502

| CVE-2026-81881 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-09-22 GitHub_M
4.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious Mach-O with under-base Swift field pointer
  2. Delivery
    Deliver file to analyst
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens file in radare2
  4. Execution
    Negative index triggers OOB read before buffer
  5. Impact
    Incorrect metadata parsing or process crash

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to open and analyze an attacker-crafted Mach-O file in radare2 prior to 6.2.0, and the file must contain Swift type or class metadata with a relative field pointer lower than the field-metadata section base (triggering the negative logical index). Limiting factors are significant: the attack vector is local (the malicious file must reach the analyst's machine) and requires user interaction (UI:R - the analyst must actively load/parse the file); no remote or unauthenticated path exists. The Swift-metadata parsing code path (mach0_classes.c parse_type) must be reached, so the target must be a Mach-O binary containing Swift metadata. Impact is confined to a 4-byte out-of-bounds read causing crash or incorrect parsing.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority issue and the low CVSS (3.3) is well-justified rather than inflated. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L makes the constraints explicit: exploitation is LOCAL (AV:L) and requires user interaction (UI:R) - a victim must load/analyze a crafted Mach-O file in radare2. The only impact is availability-low (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N), consistent with the description's explicit statement that 'no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated.' The bug is a 4-byte out-of-bounds READ immediately before the field-metadata buffer (CWE-125), producing at most incorrect metadata parsing or a process crash. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit (POC) are present in the input - status is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. There is a real signal conflict to flag: the input Tags include 'Information Disclosure,' but both the description ('no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated') and the CVSS C:N contradict any confidentiality impact - that tag is mislabeled. Bottom line: a real-but-minor robustness/DoS bug in a file parser, not an exploitation priority.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker distributes a maliciously crafted Mach-O binary (e.g., via a malware sample, CTF challenge, or supply-chain artifact) whose Swift type/class metadata contains a relative field pointer lower than the field-metadata section base. When a reverse engineer opens and analyzes the file in a vulnerable radare2 (<6.2.0), the negative logical index causes a 4-byte read just before the allocated buffer, corrupting metadata processing or crashing the analysis process. No public exploit code is identified, and the demonstrated impact is limited to a crash - no memory disclosure or code execution has been shown.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 22, 2026

A local out-of-bounds read in radare2 6.0 and earlier (fixed in 6.2.0) can crash or corrupt the analysis session when an analyst opens a crafted Mach-O binary containing Swift type or class metadata. The CVSS 3.1 score is 3.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), reflecting a 4-byte read immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer that yields at most a process termination or incorrect metadata processing - no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated, and the 'Information Disclosure' tag on this record is not substantiated by the advisory. Exploitation requires the victim to deliberately load an untrusted Mach-O file (user interaction), and there is no remote or unauthenticated path; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Upgrade radare2 to version 6.2.0 or later - vendor-released patch: 6.2.0, per the release tag and advisory GHSA-q4w7-225g-64j9 - and rebuild if radare2 is bundled or statically linked into another tool. Because the fix lands in the Mach-O bin plugin, replacing only the host package without updating the plugin/binary will not remediate the issue. No configuration toggle disables Swift field-metadata parsing, so the practical compensating controls for environments that cannot upgrade immediately are procedural: parse untrusted Mach-O samples only inside a disposable, resource-limited container or VM (accepting that a crash terminates the analysis session but is contained by the isolation boundary), and avoid loading third-party binaries from untrusted sources into a privileged or long-lived radare2 process. Running the analysis under a restricted umask/ulimit and without access to sensitive local files reduces the residual value of any mis-parse, though these controls do not eliminate the out-of-bounds read itself.

Affected VersionsENISA

radare2 < 6.2.0

Affected Packages

euvd radare2 fix: 6.2.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse-engineering framework whose bin_mach0 plugin parses Mach-O containers, including the Objective-C/Swift metadata structures handled in libr/bin/format/objc/mach0_classes.c. Swift type and class metadata describes fields via a field descriptor whose entries are 32-bit relative offsets resolved against the field-metadata section base (st.fieldmd.addr) and bounded by st.fieldmd.size. The flawed code computed the logical index as (st.fields - st.fieldmd.addr) / 4 using signed 32-bit arithmetic and without first verifying that the field pointer was greater than or equal to the section base. A crafted Mach-O file whose relative Swift field pointer is lower than the section base therefore produces a negative index, and subsequent use of that index reads four bytes immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer (CWE-125, out-of-bounds read). The upstream fix (commit 1da6e782df220edf56138ef5fe4f33745b04db74) adds an explicit st.fields >= st.fieldmd.addr check, converts the delta and index arithmetic to unsigned 64-bit values, enforces fieldmd_delta < st.fieldmd.size plus d < dmax and d <= SZT_MAX/sizeof(ut32), and replaces the d-1 offset with idx-1 on a validated size_t index. CPE data maps the issue to cpe:2.3:a:radareorg:radare2:* - all releases before 6.2.0 that include the affected Mach-O Swift metadata parser.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY LOW
NVD 4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 3.3 LOW

Local file must be opened by the analyst (AV:L, UI:R); no auth needed to craft input (PR:N); only a 4-byte OOB read causing crash (A:L), with no disclosure (C:N) or integrity impact (I:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE 3.3 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Severity Changed
Sep 25, 2026 - 16:52 NVD
LOW MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Sep 25, 2026 - 16:52 NVD
3.3 (LOW) 4.4 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 22, 2026 - 16:20 EUVD

DescriptionNVD

radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Mach-O Swift field-metadata parser was vulnerable because a relative Swift field pointer could be lower than the field-metadata section base, making subtraction produce a negative logical index. The vulnerability is triggered by parsing Swift type and class metadata from a crafted Mach-O file. The derived index was used to read four bytes immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer. This can cause incorrect metadata processing or process termination; no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
popular open-source RE framework but niche analyst-tool footprint, not production-deployed
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

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CVE-2023-46569 CRITICAL POC
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CVE-2023-4322 CRITICAL POC
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CVE-2022-1899 CRITICAL POC
9.1 May 26

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CVE-2022-1297 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Apr 11

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CVE-2022-1296 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Apr 11

Out-of-bounds read in `r_bin_ne_get_relocs` function in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.6.8. Rated critic

CVE-2023-5686 HIGH POC
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CVE-2026-40499 HIGH POC
8.4 Apr 15

Command injection in radare2's PDB parser (versions <6.1.4) enables arbitrary command execution when analysts process ma

CVE-2026-40517 HIGH POC
8.4 Apr 22

Command injection in radare2 PDB parser (versions before 6.1.4) enables arbitrary OS command execution when users analyz

CVE-2017-16357 HIGH POC
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CVE-2017-15932 HIGH POC
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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low
Product Status
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed

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