CVE-2026-81881
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CVE-2026-81881 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.4/10 on the CVSS scale. radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Mach-O Swift field-metadata parser was vulnerable because a relative Swift field pointer could be lower than the field-metadata section base, making subtraction produce a negative logical index. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Mach-O Swift field-metadata parser was vulnerable because a relative Swift field pointer could be lower than the field-metadata section base, making subtraction produce a negative logical index. The vulnerability is triggered by parsing Swift type and class metadata from a crafted Mach-O file. The derived index was used to read four bytes immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer. This can cause incorrect metadata processing or process termination; no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Radare | Radare2 | < 6.2.0 |
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26229Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-q4w7-225g-64j9Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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