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CVE-2021-4021 (GCVE-0-2021-4021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-24 18:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Radare2 in versions prior to 5.6.2, 5.6.0, 5.5.4 and 5.5.2. Mapping a huge section filled with zeros of an ELF64 binary for MIPS architecture can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption and DoS.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a radare2 Affected: radare2 5.6.2, radare2 5.6.0, radare2 5.5.4 and radare2 5.5.2
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