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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5642

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9.

Published Jun 5, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 5, 2025 · A vulnerability classified as

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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5642. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of A vulnerability classified as is installed.

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Severity
Low2.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor n/a radare2 5.9.9

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The patch is identified as 5705d99cc1f23f36f9a84aab26d1724010b97798. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this

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  • vendor n/a radare2 5.9.95.9.9

How to fix CVE-2025-5642

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5642. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of A vulnerability classified as is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a radare2 5.9.9 5.9.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and m

  2. Jun 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and m

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5642

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5642

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16972

    A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Radare2 5.9.9. Affected is the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.