What is CVE-2022-0518?

CVE-2022-0518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-0518?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Radare Radare2

CVE-2022-0518

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.6.2.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Radare Radare2
Radareorg Radareorg/radare2 — versions unspecified
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

huntr.dev/bounties/10051adf-7ddc-4042-8fd0-8e9e0c5b1184 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/9650e3c352f675687bf6c6f65ff2c4a3d0e288fa (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0518?: CVE-2022-0518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-0518?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.