CVE-2021-32495
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-32495 is a use-after-free vulnerability discovered in Radare2's pyc parser, specifically in the getnoneobject function. The vulnerability was identified in version 5.3.0 and was disclosed on May 7, 2021. This security flaw affects the Radare2 reverse engineering framework, a widely used tool for binary analysis (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H). The issue occurs in the pyc parser's getnoneobject function where the code attempts to read freed memory after it has been deallocated. This can lead to memory corruption and potential exploitation (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to read freed memory and potentially cause denial of service conditions. Given the CVSS score and vector, the vulnerability can be exploited remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality and availability of the affected system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch was released to address this vulnerability through a commit in the Radare2 repository. The fix involves proper handling of memory management in the pyc parser's getnoneobject function (GitHub Patch).

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