Description
radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's CPython bytecode .pyc marshal parser was vulnerable because the CPython marshal readers accepted a 32-bit string length without rejecting values that overflow the size-plus-one allocation. The vulnerability is triggered by opening or inspecting a crafted .pyc file through r2 or rabin2. A length of 0xffffffff wrapped the allocation to zero before the common byte reader wrote attacker-controlled data and fill bytes beyond the heap allocation. This can cause heap memory corruption and denial of service; arbitrary code execution is possible but has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| radareorg | radare2 | < 6.2.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | radare2 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | radare2 | 6.2.2-bp160.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21988-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21988-1 Security update for radare2 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 1, 2026
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-9phv-v2w8-56j3
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/26222
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/26177
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/6727454b666b28c33837b219a5f91136461357c0
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.2.0