CVE-2022-1238 — Out-of-bounds Write in Radare2

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-805 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Radareorg Radare2Linux KernelRadare Radare2+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 6
Latest updateDec 24

Description

Out-of-bounds Write in libr/bin/format/ne/ne.c in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.6.8. This vulnerability is heap overflow and may be exploitable. For more general description of heap buffer overflow, see [CWE](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5radareorg/radareorg_radare2unspecified — 5.6.8
▶NVDradare/radare2< 5.6.8
▶debiandebian/radare2< radare2 5.9.0+dfsg-1 (sid)
▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.10.0 — 5.10.163+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
media: vidtv: Fix use-after-free in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init()↗2025-12-24
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GHSA
GHSA-qm57-rv98-r7ch: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libr/bin/format/ne/ne↗2022-04-07
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OSV
CVE-2022-1238: Out-of-bounds Write in libr/bin/format/ne/ne↗2022-04-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: vidtv: Fix use-after-free in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init()↗2025-12-24
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Debian
CVE-2022-1238: radare2 - Out-of-bounds Write in libr/bin/format/ne/ne.c in GitHub repository radareorg/ra...↗2022
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