CVE-2025-1788 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-1788

rizinorg rizin utf8.c rz_utf8_encode heap-based overflow

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in rizinorg rizin up to 0.8.0. This affects the function rz_utf8_encode in the library /librz/util/utf8.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • wenjusun (VulDB User)

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rizin
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: March 1st, 2025
Last Modified: March 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122 CWE-119

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control