CVE-2026-81879

radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's ELF PN_XNUM handling was vulnerable because the ELF parser allocated the program-header array using the resolved PN_XNUM count but several consumers still iterated with the original e_phnum value of 65535. The vulnerability is triggered by processing a crafted ELF file with e_phnum = 0xffff and a much smaller resolved count in shdr[0].sh_info. Consumers iterated beyond the allocated program-header array. This can cause a heap out-of-bounds read and process termination, resulting in denial of service; memory disclosure and code execution have not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

25 Sep 2026, 16:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Radare
Radare radare2
References () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/9449b07579c19b6b187c1a0918fbec2cef1a036e - () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/9449b07579c19b6b187c1a0918fbec2cef1a036e - Patch
References () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26223 - () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26223 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/26178 - () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/26178 - Patch
References () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.2.0 - () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.2.0 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfq-hvcp-xh4p - () https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfq-hvcp-xh4p - Patch, Vendor Advisory

22 Sep 2026, 16:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-22 16:18

Updated : 2026-09-25 16:53


NVD link : CVE-2026-81879

Mitre link : CVE-2026-81879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-81879


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Products Affected

radare

  • radare2
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read