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CVE-2025-5646

A vulnerability has been found in Radare2 5.9.9 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function r_cons_rainbow_free in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation of the argument -T leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The patch is identified as 5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The documentation explains that the parameter -T is experimental and "crashy". Further analysis has shown "the race is not a real problem unless you use asan". A new warning has been added.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a LOW severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 2.5, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts and limited availability for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from radare organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2025-06-05T08:15:21.197

Last Modified

2025-06-23T14:40:23.430

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 2.5 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

1.5

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	radare	radare2	5.9.9	Yes

References

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYNtV7Kx2OEgM9Cemb5FBlMJH_J1wux0/view?usp=sharing Exploit ([email protected])
https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24235 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/24235#issuecomment-2918847213 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311134 Permissions Required, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?id.311134 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?submit.586923 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For radare's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.