CVE-2019-16718

HIGH

radare2 < 3.9.0 - OS Command Injection via Crafted Executable Symbol Names

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In radare2 before 3.9.0, 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 an insufficient fix for CVE-2019-14745 and improper handling of symbol names embedded in executables.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0228
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
radare/radare2 < 3.9.0
Published Sep 23, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026