{"id":"CVE-2019-16718","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16718","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:45.503Z","title":"In radare2 before 3.9.0, a command injection vulnerability exists in bin_symbols() in libr/core/cbin.c.","description":"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.","published":"2019-09-23T14:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["radare/radare2"],"epss":{"score":0.023,"percentile":0.83178,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5411543a310a470b1257fb93273cdd6e8dfcb3af","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/dd739f5a45b3af3d1f65f00fe19af1dbfec7aea7","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/compare/3.8.0...3.9.0","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5411543a310a470b1257fb93273cdd6e8dfcb3af","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/dd739f5a45b3af3d1f65f00fe19af1dbfec7aea7","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/compare/3.8.0...3.9.0","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16718","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}