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Low · 3.3 CVE-2026-81883 EUVD-2026-84472

radare2: Out-of-bounds Read at the end of string in the LUA 5.3 bytecode

Published Sep 22, 2026 · Updated Sep 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Lua 5.3 bytecode function parser was vulnerable because the Lua 5.3 bytecode function parser read fixed function-metadata fields immediately after a function-name string without checking the remaining buffer length. The vulnerability is triggered by opening or inspecting a crafted Lua 5.3 bytecode file whose function-name string ends at the input-buffer boundary. The parser read two integers and three one-byte fields beyond the allocated input buffer. This can cause invalid parser results or process termination; no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 radare2 6.2.2-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21988-1

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