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high 7.8

CVE-2019-14745 json

In radare2 before 3.7.0, a command injection vulnerability exists in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c.

published 2019-08-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5885

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In radare2 before 3.7.0, a command injection vulnerability exists in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c. By using a crafted executable file, it's possible to execute arbitrary shell commands with the permissions of the victim. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of symbol names embedded in executables.

Patch / fix

  • radare radare2 3.7.0
  • radare2 Alpine 3.11 3.9.0
  • radare2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 3.9.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-14745

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14745 updated cvss 7.8

radare2: command injection vulnerability in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c leads to arbitrary code execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bananamafia.dev https://bananamafia.dev/post/r2-pwndebian/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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