CVE-2026-81879
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- radare/radare2
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 23 September 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/9449b07579c19b6b187c1a0918fbec2cef1a036ePatch
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26223Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/26178Patch
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.2.0Release Notes
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfq-hvcp-xh4pPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26223Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.