Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16269
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the radare2 package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
radare2 4.5.0 misparses DWARF information in executable files, causing a segmentation fault in parse_typedef in type_dwarf.c via a malformed DW_AT_name in the .debug_info section.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | radare2 | 4.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16269 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16269 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/17383 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-e3c95619c1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-f3ebd7554c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA