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🛡️ CVE-2026-14789 on Ubuntu — radare2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

A vulnerability was detected in radareorg radare2 up to 6.1.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file libr/bin/format/mdmp/mdmp.c of the component Memory64ListStream Parser. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named 175d4addb68981331c85b10681c2161c38fb5762. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-14789 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package radare2. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14789 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14789 is recorded against 1 package.

  • radare2

Timeline and source

Published on 6 July 2026 and last revised on 11 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

radare2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
radare2 — —

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