CVE-2019-14745

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

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.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 29, 30, 31
radareorg/radare2: before 3.7.0 — fixed in 3.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: radareorg/radare2 3.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bananamafia.dev/post/r2-pwndebian/
https://github.com/radare/radare2/pull/14690
https://github.com/radare/radare2/releases/tag/3.7.0
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ETWG4VKHWL5F74L3QBBKSCOXHSRNSRRT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MGA2PVBFA6VPWWLMBGWVBESHAJBQ7OXJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQO7V37RGQEKZDLY2JYKDZTLNN2YUBC5/
https://bananamafia.dev/post/r2-pwndebian/
https://github.com/radare/radare2/pull/14690
https://github.com/radare/radare2/releases/tag/3.7.0
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ETWG4VKHWL5F74L3QBBKSCOXHSRNSRRT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MGA2PVBFA6VPWWLMBGWVBESHAJBQ7OXJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQO7V37RGQEKZDLY2JYKDZTLNN2YUBC5/

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