CVE-2018-20457 — In radare2 through 3

In radare2 through 3.1.3, the assemble function inside libr/asm/p/asm_arm_cs.c allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash via an r_num_calc out-of-bounds read) by crafting an arm assembly input because a loop uses an incorrect index in armass.c and certain l

01What is this vulnerability?

In radare2 through 3.1.3, the assemble function inside libr/asm/p/asm_arm_cs.c allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash via an r_num_calc out-of-bounds read) by crafting an arm assembly input because a loop uses an incorrect index in armass.c and certain length validation is missing in armass64.c, a related issue to CVE-2018-20459.

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: 2024-08-05T12:05:16.900Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/12417
• github.com — https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/e5c14c167b0dcf0a53d76bd50bacbbcc0dfc…