CVE-2026-81881

radare2: Heap out-of-bounds read in radare2 Mach-O Swift metadata parser

Published Sep 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Mach-O Swift field-metadata parser was vulnerable because a relative Swift field pointer could be lower than the field-metadata section base, making subtraction produce a negative logical index. The vulnerability is triggered by parsing Swift type and class metadata from a crafted Mach-O file. The derived index was used to read four bytes immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer. This can cause incorrect metadata processing or process termination; no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Radare
Radare radare2
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Radare
Radare radare2
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Radareorg
Radareorg radare2
Vendors & Products Radareorg
Radareorg radare2
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Mach-O Swift field-metadata parser was vulnerable because a relative Swift field pointer could be lower than the field-metadata section base, making subtraction produce a negative logical index. The vulnerability is triggered by parsing Swift type and class metadata from a crafted Mach-O file. The derived index was used to read four bytes immediately before the allocated field-metadata buffer. This can cause incorrect metadata processing or process termination; no attacker-observable memory disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.
Title radare2: Heap out-of-bounds read in radare2 Mach-O Swift metadata parser
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-191
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 22, 2026, 5:44 PM
Reserved
Aug 27, 2026, 5:48 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 PM
Modified
Sep 25, 2026, 4:49 PM