High
Security advisory
In radare2 before 3.9.0, a command injection vulnerability exists in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c. By using a crafted executable file, it's possible to execute arbitrary shell commands with the permissions of the victim. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient fix for CVE-2019-14745 and improper handling of symbol names embedded in executables.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-16718
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In radare2 before 3.9.0, a command injection vulnerability exists in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c. By using a crafted executable file, it's possible to execute arbitrary shell commands with the permissions of the victim. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient fix for CVE-2019-14745 and improper handling of symbol names embedded in executables.
osv:CVE-2019-16718
Complete source record
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