Process crash via null opcode text dereference
Published Mar 10, 2023 · Updated Feb 28, 2025
NULL pointer dereference in radare2 5.8.3 allows local users to crash the process by disassembling a crafted WebAssembly file. The wasm_dis function passes a null opcode text pointer to strdup while the pd command formats an unrecognized WebAssembly instruction. Opening the file and invoking disassembly requires user interaction; the demonstrated consequence is termination of the radare2 process.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in radare2 5.8.3 allows local users to crash the process by disassembling a crafted WebAssembly file. The wasm_dis function passes a null opcode text pointer to strdup while the pd command formats an unrecognized WebAssembly instruction. Opening the file and invoking disassembly requires user interaction; the demonstrated consequence is termination of the radare2 process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27114
- Published
- Mar 10, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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