CVE-2025-5645 | Radare2 5.9.9 radiff2 /libr/cons/pal.c r_cons_pal_init -T memory corruption (Issue 24234)
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Radare2 5.9.9. This affects the function r_cons_pal_init in the library /libr/cons/pal.c of the component radiff2. The manipulation of the argument -T leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-5645. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
The documentation explains that the parameter -T is experimental and "crashy". Further analysis has shown "the race is not a real problem unless you use asan". A new warning has been added.