CVE-2023-5686 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-5686

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in radareorg/radare2

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.9.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

radareorg/radare2
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: October 20th, 2023
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion