CVE-2023-5686
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-5686) was discovered in the radare2 reverse engineering framework, affecting versions prior to 5.9.0. The vulnerability specifically exists in the Java disassembler component located in the /radare2/shlr/java/code.c file (NVD, Debian Tracker).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122, CWE-787) in the Java disassembler component. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The heap-based buffer overflow condition could allow an attacker to manipulate memory contents, potentially leading to code execution or system crashes (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in radare2 version 5.9.0 and later. Fedora has released security updates for affected versions in Fedora 37 (5.8.8-2.fc37) and Fedora 38 (5.8.8-2.fc38) that include patches for this vulnerability (Fedora Update).

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