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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20455

In radare2 prior to 3.1.1, the parseOperand function inside libr/asm/p/asm_x86_nz.c may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via a stack-based buffer overflow) by crafting an input file, a related issue to CVE-2018-20456.

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CVE-2018-20455

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Dec 2018, 19:29 UTC

In radare2 prior to 3.1.1, the parseOperand function inside libr/asm/p/asm_x86_nz.c may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via a stack-based buffer overflow) by crafting an input file, a related issue to CVE-2018-20456.

osv:CVE-2018-20455
Complete source record
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