CVE-2018-20456 — In radare2 prior to 3

In radare2 prior to 3.1.1, the parseOperand function inside libr/asm/p/asm_x86_nz.c may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash in libr/util/strbuf.c via a stack-based buffer over-read) by crafting an input file, a related issue to CVE-2018-20455.

01What is this vulnerability?

In radare2 prior to 3.1.1, the parseOperand function inside libr/asm/p/asm_x86_nz.c may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash in libr/util/strbuf.c via a stack-based buffer over-read) by crafting an input file, a related issue to CVE-2018-20455.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-25T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:21:35.211Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/radare/radare2/commit/9b46d38dd3c4de6048a488b655c7319f845af18…
• github.com — https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/12372