# CVE-2022-36039: Out-of-bounds write when parsing DEX files in Rizin

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-06 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- rizinorg rizin: through 0.4.0

## Description

Rizin is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Versions 0.4.0 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds write when parsing DEX files. A user opening a malicious DEX file could be affected by this vulnerability, allowing an attacker to execute code on the user's machine. A patch is available on the `dev` branch of the repository.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rizinorg rizin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/security/advisories/GHSA-pr85-hv85-45pg
- https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/issues/2969
- https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/commit/1524f85211445e41506f98180f8f69f7bf115406
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-06

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