What is CVE-2023-1605?

CVE-2023-1605 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-1605?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Radare Radare2

CVE-2023-1605

Denial of Service in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.8.6.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2023-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

huntr.dev/bounties/9dddcf5b-7dd4-46cc-abf9-172dce20bab2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/508a6307045441defd1bef0999a1f7052097613f (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1605?: CVE-2023-1605 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare Radare2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-1605?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.