CVE-2019-12790
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In radare2 through 3.5.1, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the r_egg_lang_parsechar function of egg_lang.c. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of missing length validation in libr/egg/egg.c.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/14211cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SX4TLTE75VYUGSPYEKMYFPUZMRDIR7O2/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12790cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/radare2-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-r-egg-lang-parsechar-29773cnnvd
- https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/14211enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEXZWAMVKGZKHALV4IVWQS2ORJKRH57U/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SX4TLTE75VYUGSPYEKMYFPUZMRDIR7O2/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/14211ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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