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CVE-2022-36039: Out-of-bounds write when parsing DEX files in Rizin

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Rizin is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Versions 0.4.0 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds write when parsing DEX files. A user opening a malicious DEX file could be affected by this vulnerability, allowing an attacker to execute code on the user's machine. A patch is available on the `dev` branch of the repository.

Affected products

• rizinorg rizin: through 0.4.0

References

• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/commit/1524f85211445e41506f98180f8f69f7bf115406
• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/issues/2969
• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/security/advisories/GHSA-pr85-hv85-45pg
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-06
• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/commit/1524f85211445e41506f98180f8f69f7bf115406
• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/issues/2969
• https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/security/advisories/GHSA-pr85-hv85-45pg
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-06

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